What Causes Difficulty In Latching While Breastfeeding?

Posted on Fri, 11 Nov 2016

Question: Thankyour Dr. XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX for answering my previous questions. We are blessed with a baby girl on 4th Sep 2016. Our one month old baby is not able to suck the milk properly, we are using bottle feeding from the beginning.

Sometimes even is mother trying to place her at nipple, baby is just licking the nipple not sucking the milk. On doctor's advice we have used Chicco nipple shield to help/facilitate the baby to have mother's milk

Mother is trying to squeeze the milk into bottle and giving her twice a day. But milk coming in very less quantity. Now, we come across various manual, electric Breast Pumps to extract milk from mother. We would like to you to brief about and recommend best breast pump.

As much as possible we avoid using Lactogen and try to give more mother milk to our baby. Please suggest pros and cons of using breast pump to extract milk and for regular use manual one better or electric one?

Thanks,
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Answered by Dr. Deepti Verma (58 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Manual pump better

Detailed Answer:
Hi dear,
I have gone through your question and understand your concerns.
Philips avent manual breast pump is one of the best due to its design and ergonomics.
Moreover, manual breast pumps are preferred over electric breast pumps as these are more effective and can be tailored to one's comfort. However, more effort is required in manual breast pumps and one should always buy manual pump first to assess the feasibility.
Hope you found the answer helpful.
Regards
Dr Deepti Verma
OBGYN
Maternal and fetal medicine specialist

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng