pumping and breast feeding

[babyberry000]

Is it the same thing? Either way baby is getting breast milk right?  I want to pump so my husband can feed baby also but i want the benefits from breast feeding also,
For example will pumping still shrink my uterus size & help lose weight like breast feeding does? And will baby still get the vitamins from it?

[nikkimamaofthree]

Oh and don't shake the bottle to get the fat to mix back in, just kinda swirl the bottle around until the fat is back into the milk. I forgot why that is important but I looked it up somewhere and found out when I had to pump and go back to work.

[princesslo007]

If you start on the bottle, your baby might not take your nipple because its harder work to suck from a nipple than a bottle. With the breast though your baby has less chance of orthodontic issues. Really there is a ton of research about benefits of bottle vs breast. I would do your research and see if your hospital offers a class.

We plan on exclusively breastfeeding from the breast until I go back to work (first 6-12 weeks) and once his sucking is established pumping only while I'm at work and slowly weening him off bottle and just breast milk twice a day to once a day. Talk to your doctor about it too, because mine agreed this was a good ice for our family.

[nikkimamaofthree]

Its the same thing. Just don't let water contaminate the milk and breastmilk cannot be microwaved. The microwave kills the antibodies in the milk so use a bottle warmer or run the bottle under hot water.

[mom2benov8]

I've been wondering that too

[BradleaMarie]

No problem(:

[babyberry000]

I'm a stay at home mommy so I'm not worried about bonding, just hoping baby will get same nutritional value:)) thank you for answering

[BradleaMarie]

It's the same thing just different things "sucking" on it. I don't think there's any difference besides bonding with baby.