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moped	Posted: Apr 2 2008, 05:32 PM
Ruby Member Group: Members Posts: 13,078 Member No.: 1,035 Joined: 5-December 04	I think she is favoring one side......she will go for about one minute and then pull off and on - I will switch sides and she will eat fine for a while. This afternoon I played this game with her a while and then thawed some BM and she took a 5 oz bottle GREAT - What is going on? How long does this silliness last? But she never seem sto like the right side no matter what position i try --------------------

~Roo'sMama~	Posted: Apr 2 2008, 06:29 PM
My two cuties :) Group: Members Posts: 7,394 Member No.: 788 Joined: 29-September 04	Hmm I don't know. Could you have a clogged duct or something on that side that's making it taste funny or not come out fast enough? I guess I'd just keep offering that side and eventually she'll start eating off of it again. I've had them nurse better or longer off of one side than the other... I think for me it has to do with my posture - just the way I sit when I hold them on one side makes it harder or something. -------------------- Sara ~ Wife to Scott, Mommy to Andrew 6-12-05, Alison 2-20-07, and our angel in heaven 4-20-06

Hillbilly Housewife	Posted: Apr 2 2008, 07:48 PM
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Posted: Apr 2 2008, 08:02 PM

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QUOTE (~Roo'sMama~ @ Apr 2 2008, 09:29 PM)

Hmm I don't know. Could you have a clogged duct or something on that side that's making it taste funny or not come out fast enough?

I guess I'd just keep offering that side and eventually she'll start eating off of it again.

I've had them nurse better or longer off of one side than the other... I think for me it has to do with my posture - just the way I sit when I hold them on one side makes it harder or something.

WOuldn't I feel it if I had a clogged duct?

SHould I pump that side?

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Sam & Abby's Mom	Posted: Apr 2 2008, 08:09 PM
Gold Member Group: Members Posts: 1,747 Member No.: 11,125 Joined: 6-May 07	Abby did that almost the entire 13 months I breast fed her. I just let her do what she wanted and it worked out fine. I mean, she still preferred one side and would feed longer on that side and just a minute of the other side. I didnt pump or anything - just went with it. There werent any problems for me. I think the side she didnt like must have reduced its quantity because she wasnt feeding from it as much. I didnt experience any major lopsidedness or anything. Good luck! Maybe others will have better advice. LOL -------------------- Peggy Wife to Tim (Oct 1996) Mom to Sammy (Nov 2004), Abby (Jun 2006)

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Posted: Apr 3 2008, 04:57 AM

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QUOTE (moped @ Apr 2 2008, 10:02 PM)

QUOTE (~Roo'sMama~ @ Apr 2 2008, 09:29 PM)

Hmm I don't know. Could you have a clogged duct or something on that side that's making it taste funny or not come out fast enough?

WOuldn't I feel it if I had a clogged duct?

SHould I pump that side?

Yeah maybe you would - it always took me awhile to feel it when I got a clogged duct but you'd probably feel it by now.

Is she still doing it? I found this on kellymom... hope it helps!

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mom/lopsided.html

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mysweetpeasWil&Wes	Posted: Apr 3 2008, 02:08 PM
Platinum Member Group: Members Posts: 8,735 Member No.: 1,474 Joined: 1-March 05	I would suggest just keep offering the side she typically rejects. It could just be a short phase. -------------------- Rae SAHM to Wil (4) and Wesley (2) ~ Wife to Richard 10/20/01

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Posted: Apr 3 2008, 02:16 PM

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QUOTE (mysweetpeasWil&Wes @ Apr 3 2008, 06:08 PM)

I would suggest just keep offering the side she typically rejects. It could just be a short phase.

Yes, start with that side so when she is hungry she will try harder.

Could you be making more from one side over the other? When you pump do you get similar amounts from both? I wonder because my right produced next to nothing (I think due to a lump removal that was under the nipple a few years before) and that caused a huge difference, so they didn't like righty very much.

ETA Or maybe could she have an ear infection and laying on the one side is causing discomfort?

This post has been edited by msoulz on Apr 3 2008, 02:17 PM

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