Would You Consider Breastfeeding And Pumping 2 Different Things?
January 2, 2010 by Guest Author
Filed under Breast Feeding Supplies
I dont breastfeed BUT I do pump and she gets about 1 at the most 2 bottles of breastmilk a day. When people ask if I breastfeed I say no but then I say I pump. So I was just wondering you anybody considers breastfeeding and pumping the same thing? I personally consider them as 2 different things.
You are still giving your child breast milk so it counts for something, I am just not sure why all the trouble of pumping in stead of nursing. I nurse and I pump one or two bottles a week as I leave my son for up to two hours on Saturdays. I hate pumping. It is not what I consider comfortable. So to answer your question, it is a form of breast feeding but I would not call it nursing. You are technically feeding your child from your own breast. Why don’t you just say that you are breast feeding in tandem with formula exclusively through bottles.
Breastfeeding is breastmilk going into the baby – whether or not it goes directly through your nipple into the baby’s mouth, or if you pump and feed it to her, makes no difference in my mind. You do breastfeed – with a bottle.
The nutrition is the same.
I think they are similar, but different in a way. The baby is getting the milk, just in a different way. I think baby gets more milk if he is latched to the breast, but at least he/she is getting some at all. Pumping would be a slightly different bond, but as long as baby is getting mommy’s milk, all is well.
They are two different things, the World Health Organization clearly classifies them as such.
There are many reasons for this, including:
1) When baby breastfeeds directly the baby passes bacteria and viruses to the mom, the breast then starts to create immune factors for the baby.
2) Bottle-feeding increases the risks of ear-infections regardless of what is in the bottle, yes breastmilk is protective against ear infections but the act of sucking on a bottle always increases the risks by increasing the pressure in the ear and by allowing fluids to flow into the ear.
3) Bottle-feeding increases the risks of dental problems, and speech problems. Suckling at the breast promotes proper tooth and jaw alignment and strengthens jaw muscles.
4) Bottle feeding places stress on the respiratory and circulatory systems. Babies are more likely to experience episodes of apnea.
5) Storing and heating breastmilk can destroy certain immune factors and nutrients. It can also alter the protein structure making it harder to digest. And of course breastmilk can become contaminated when stored, although this is really only a problem in places without access to clean drinking water. Breastmilk generally destroys harmful bacteria it is exposed to -even in the container.
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Breastfed babies have less chance of cardiopulmonary distress while feeding
Bottle-fed babies are at increased risk of cardiopulmonary disturbances, including prolonged airway closure and obstructed respiratory breaths due to repeated swallowing. According to one study, infants can experience oxygen saturation below 90% when bottle feeding. Nine of 50 healthy term infants in one study experienced bradycardia during bottle feeding. Six of these episodes were preceded by apnea, three showed hypopnea (marked reduction in ventilation) and one had certral apnea (no respiratory efforts).
Koenig HS, Davies Am, Thach BT. “Coordination of breathing, sucking and swallowing during bottle feedings in human infants.” J Appl Physiol 69: 1629: 1623-1629, 1990.
Matthew O, Clark ML, Ponske MH. Apnea, bradycardia, and cyanosis during oral feeding in term neonates.” J Pediatr 106:857, 1985
Stored breast milk loses its edgehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/375889…
Don’t Shake the Milkhttp://www.bflrc.com/ljs/breastfeeding/s…http://usbreastfeeding.org/WHO-Global-St…
The vast majority of mothers can and should breastfeed, just as the
vast majority of infants can and should be breastfed. Only under
exceptional circumstances can a mother’s milk be considered unsuitable
for her infant. For those few health situations where infants
cannot, or should not, be breastfed, the choice of the best
alternative – expressed breast milk from an infant’s own mother,
breast milk from a healthy wet-nurse or a human-milk bank, or a
breast-milk substitute fed with a cup, which is a safer method than
a feeding bottle and teat – depends on individual circumstances.
“Nursing also allows your baby to give germs to you so that your
immune system can respond and can synthesize antibodies! This means
that if your baby has come in contact with something which you have
not, (s)he will pass these germs to you at the next nursing; during
that feeding, your body will start to manufacture antibodies for that
particular germ. By the time the next feeding arrives, your entire
immune system will be working to provide immunities for you and your
baby.”http://www.womenshealthservices.org/whs_…
“The breast is the only place outside the immune system which can
synthesize antibodies! This means that if the baby has come in contact
with something the mother has not, he will pass these germs to her at
the next nursing; during that feeding, the breast will manufacture and
deliver antibodies for that particular germ.”http://chetday.com/breastfeeding.html
I did the same thing, I always explained what I was doing. Know when I look back on it, it was probably to much information for people.
I think they’re essentially the same since the milk is what’s important. I had to pump as well as my son wouldn’t latch on properly, but I never spelled that out for anyone. I just said I was breastfeeding.
I’d say pretty much the same. You’re not techically breast feeding, but you’re giving her breast milk, so it’s all good. Some people don’t even full with it, they just buy the formula and that’s all. That’s how I plan on doing it(pumping), that way it’s discrete and I’m not giving a peep show in public(some sikos get into that stuff).
As long as my child still gets breastmilk and is healthy, that’s all that matters ^_^
Hope this helps!
yes, they are 2 different things….the how…but still you are giving breast milk to your baby.You are bottle feeding your baby with breast milk not milk formula when you pump.But when you do breastfeeding,you not only provide your baby breast milk directly
from the mothers breast but bonding with your baby is closer.This is as pumped breast milk could be given by others
other than you.