Kelly's story of breastfeeding a premature baby in the NICU
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Amanda and Anna chat with Kelly about her experience learning to breastfeed her 34 week premature baby. They discuss preterm labor (2:30), hospital bedrest (5:00), making the most of preterm birth (8:00), preterm delivery (9:00), preparing for a NICU stay (14:20), the golden hour with a premature baby (16:20), lactation support in the hospital for a premature baby (17:30), initiating milk supply with a hospital grade pump (21:30), using donor milk in the NICU (23:20), visiting a NICU baby (25:30), first latch with a premature baby (28:00), discharge from the NICU (29:00), fortifying breastmilk (31:00), realizing that breastfeeding is not going well (36:00), lymphatic breast massage (37:15), private practice lactation support (39:00), triple feeding (45:00), tongue tie (49:00), recovering from tongue tie release (54:20), trusting the process (57:00), weaning off bottle feeding (59:00), breastfeeding beyond one year (1:00:00), and the importance of prenatal breastfeeding support (1:01:30).
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