Usually the happy mothers of twins have enough milk to feed them. The main difficulties are associated with the inconvenience of simultaneously serving two children. Those who first encountered the question "how to feed twins?" May simply not fit into your head, that it is possible to do this simultaneously.
For such cases for a long time invented pillows for feeding twins. They are made in the form of a horseshoe and often have a separate back for the convenience of the mother. Feed using such a pillow is best on the couch, bed or directly on the floor.
When feeding twins, you need to sit between the children, place the pillow behind and in front of you, fasten or tie it. After that, gently shift the children in turn to the horseshoe pillow and help them grab your nipples. By the way, you can feed with a pillow not only with your breasts, but also with bottles.
How to sew a pillow for twins yourself?
To build such a pillow is entirely within the power of any woman. You will need a dense waterproof and non-slip fabric, foam rubber, thread and sewing machine. The pattern of the twins can be painted by yourself or downloaded from the Internet. Usually it is executed in the form of a letter P or a half moon. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the girth under the breast, since the pillow should fit you freely.
Having cut out the necessary form from the fabric, you need to sew a cover for the pillow. Do not forget about the allowances for seams and holes for foam rubber. Then we do the same with foam rubber - we cut out a similar shape from it, pass it into the finished cover and sew the hole. As you can see, there is nothing twisty about sewing a pillow for breastfeeding.
Poses for twin feeding
The best position is the position "from under the arm". In this position, it is easiest to put the baby to the breast correctly . That is, one kid lies on the right side, the other on the left, the legs of the children are behind the mother. And each of them sucks his chest from his side. The woman at the same time only holds them with her hands.
Another option is feeding with keeping children in their arms when their heads are turned in different directions, and the legs cross in front of the mother.
You can feed twins lying on your back. In this case, they will be on top of the woman. Under her arms, she can lay cushions so that it is convenient for her to hold the toddlers.
What kind of pose for feeding you would not choose, make sure that each time children eat from another breast. That is, alternately apply them to different breasts, changing the position and, accordingly, turning the head.
We create conditions for my mother
When the family has twins or even triplets, it is a double and triple joy. Of course, this is associated with double and triple occupancy of mothers of children and other family members. Especially gets to mum, therefore for successful feeding of children their mum it is necessary to create all comfortable conditions.
First, you need to get rid of most of the household chores. Vacuuming and washing dishes is quite possible for a husband or older children, whereas a twin mother needs more rest. From its physical and emotional state largely depends on whether the lactation period is prolonged or will end in a month.
Secondly, the nursing mother of two children needs to eat fully. About any diets of speech can not be. Lose weight when
And most importantly - if you have questions, something does not work out, you do not know how to cope, you can always go to the lactation support center. They are in every city. There you will be answered all the questions, will help with the first application, with the choice of a comfortable position for feeding.
The main thing is to believe in success, being inspired by examples of successful mummies of twins, and all will be fine!