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HOW DO I KNOW WHEN BREAST HAS BEEN DRAINED?
i.e.....how do i know that bab yhas received fore and hind milk?
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Sometimes, if he was having a hungry day and seemed to want to graze all day I would feel a bit sore and 'empty' so I would then swap him over earlier than the 1hr.
Hope that helps?!
Congrats on new baby by the way!
i would say that if lo has a really good feed and you can hear lots of swallowing, 15mins would prob empty boob, but then if lo drops off and wakes again within the hour (from when you started the feed) then pop lo back on same boob. xx
& am soley Breast feeding, For me I listen to the sounds of the sucking.. the first drink part is a quick tutting sound and the hind milk is more of a slow slurping sound - then if i'm not sure I feel my boob to see if there is a diffrence, & more baby possition of one part of the boobie feels harder than another to enccourage that bit of milk out, then lastly I have a little squeeze and see what comes out & how freely it comes - normally if my boob is finished tho baby will let go but still snuggle for more so i'll try her again on the same to make sure & then more her if I think it's done.
not very scientific of me but it's how we've been doing it & she is making her birth weight back up lol so it muct be working to some extent hun! HTH xx