{"id":588,"date":"2013-08-09T18:09:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T18:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/?p=588"},"modified":"2015-04-03T20:24:33","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T20:24:33","slug":"breastfeeding-with-a-supplemental-nursing-system-sns-by-guest-blogger-jessica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/?p=588","title":{"rendered":"Breastfeeding with a Supplemental Nursing System (SNS) by guest blogger Jessica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/image.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-589 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"Jessica breastfeeding with a supplemental nursing system (SNS)\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/image.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/image-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/image-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>I tried so very hard to keep her just breastfed, but I didn&#8217;t have enough tissue. She dropped her birth weight and for almost 4 weeks continued to be underweight. I was forced to start supplementing.\u00a0 So while I worked on building my milk up (while everyone around me told me I was killing my baby by not just putting her on a bottle.) I used a supplement feeding device to keep her at my breast and to stimulate more milk production by sucking.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\"><!--more--><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I want to give other mothers hope to not quit, even if they are having set backs. The bond of breastfeeding is amazing. When I was forced to give her a bottle the first time she greedily gulped it down, she had been starving at my breast and I had been nursing her nonstop day and night hoping to stimulate my milk.\u00a0 I felt jealous of the bottle and betrayed by my breast. I should be able to give her everything she needs! Not some plastic device!<\/p>\n<p>My mom, boyfriend, and his mother all told me to give up and bottle feed her. I refused to give up but did supplement. She gained a pound in one week.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone still thought I was crazy for trying to give her the little milk that I had, that it was a waste of time and she was just sucking air. My own mother told me my milk was dried up.<\/p>\n<p>I have been working with a lactation consultant and not giving up. To all the other mommies out there, don&#8217;t give up, encourage others along the way.\u00a0 Share your setbacks and your tricks of success.<\/p>\n<p>I never gave up, still trying!!<\/p>\n<p>-Jessica<br \/>\n<script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I tried so very hard to keep her just breastfed, but I didn&#8217;t have enough tissue. She dropped her birth weight and for almost 4 weeks continued to be underweight. 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