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Helpful Items to Have While Twin Breastfeeding

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Breast milk is highly recommended by medical professionals and will often be encouraged when you meet with doctors. Some moms are unable to breastfeed or choose not to breastfeed. It is a personal choice of what is best for you and your twins.

If this is your first time attempting to breastfeed your twins, you may be wondering how to breastfeed twin babies. You are not alone in wondering where to begin. Other twin parents have mentioned within our TwinStuff Facebook Group of their challenges they have in twin breastfeeding. Along with experienced moms of twins, lactation consultants have suggested products that have made breastfeeding twins easier for moms and their twins.  

Plenty of newly pregnant moms wonder how they will do when breastfeeding their babies. Moms that breastfeed their twins offered some helpful advice for the moms-to-be. They suggested reading reliable books on breastfeeding, nutrition, and self-care. These types of books are helpful by giving an insight of things to come while pregnant and upon the birth of your twins.

Twin Breastfeeding: Informative Books to Read

If you enjoy cooking and are looking to try new recipes, Real Food for Pregnancy is ideal for you. Author, Lily Nichols highlights the best dishes for prenatal care. Using her knowledge in nutrition; she provides healthy eating ingredients and techniques on how to make delicious recipes that support moms through pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Twin Breastfeeding

The infamous What to Expect When You’re Expecting book continues to evolve over the years by updating the book in each of the editions. You will enjoy reading a week by week analysis of how big your babies are and what changes you may experience during your pregnancy. Author Heidi Murkoff writes about helpful and healthy delivery options, along with advice for the expecting partners.

For dads who enjoy reading, give him the We’re Pregnant! The First Time Dad’s Pregnancy Handbook as it offers a different perspective on pregnancy. This book covers the first trimester and beyond. Helpful advice given by Adrian Kulp on how fathers can care for their partners and babies.

Tandem Breastfeeding: Twin Feeding Pillow

Pregnancy books that discuss twin breastfeeding agree that Tandem breastfeeding is the best way to feed your babies at the same time. Keeping your twins on the same breast-feeding schedule will make things less stressful for you. Feeding your twins on the same schedule will prevent you from having one baby nursing, then having to nurse the other right after.

For comfort, you will want to have two or more twin breastfeeding pillows, one pillow at every location that you intend on breastfeeding your babies. By having one twin feeding pillow at every preferred spot; you will not have to make multiple trips of moving your twin breastfeeding pillow. Let alone having to carry your twins over to the reserved space, along with other nursing essentials.

One of the favorited twin breast feeding pillow is the Twin Z Pillow. Created by a mom of twins, the Twin Z pillow comes with a carrying case, which makes this pillow a bit easier to take with you on trips away from home. An extra perk is that the removable pillowcase is machine washable.

Twin Breastfeeding Positions

Another popular twin breastfeeding pillow is the Supportive Nursing Pillow for Twins by My Brest Friend. This large and cushy pillow provides extra support to you and your babies. An extra perk is that this one has a water bottle holder that will keep you hydrated during tandem feedings.

Both pillows give you and your babies the best level of comfort by having a football hold of your twin babies. If you are away from your twins, friends and family can use the pillows while they bottle feed your twins. Keep providing the best nutrition for your twins by pumping milk for bottle feedings.

Twin Breast Pump

Owning the best breast pump for twins gives you additional freedom because family members or friends can help in feeding your babies. The Easy Expression Hands Free Pumping Bra by Medela allows you to multitask as you pump. Hospital grade electric breast pumps work best with this specific bra.

Premature babies benefit by being bottle fed with breast milk. Filling breastmilk storage bags and delivering them to the hospital will help in the growth of premature twins. As your milk production increases for your growing babies, you may feel the need to pump more than when you first began to nurse your twins. Manual breast pumps can help ease the discomfort of the increasing production of milk for your twin babies.

Soothing Extras

Take care of your body and well-being with essential products to keep you comfortable while twin breastfeeding. Nipple butter and breast therapy packs aid in healing any soreness you may experience after breastfeeding your twins. Open a care package gift set you may receive from your twin baby shower. These items will help you feel relaxed and refreshed.

twin breastfeedingAdorable Attire

Keep yourself comfortable by adding nursing tank tops to your wardrobe.  For your twin babies, dress them in organic cotton onesies. These are picture perfect items, as the durable snaps on the onesies make it easy to unsnap and snap for quick diaper changes. Remember to have clever organic cotton bibs to keep the onesies unstained and looking new with every use.

More Questions About How Breastfeed Twin Babies?

Twin breastfeeding may sound overwhelming and challenging, but it does not have to be with the above items that have been suggested. Experienced moms of twins have stated that everything from nipple creams to twin nursing pillows made their breastfeeding months successful. Additional support and advice can be found on our website at TwinStuff.

We have insightful blogs and posts to help you and other parents of multiples. If you are looking for an online social group that is filled with other twin parents, join our TwinStuff Facebook Group. New parents confidently ask questions and have experienced parents chime in with their opinions. TwinStuff will continue to bring you quality information and products to help you along the way of raising your twins.   

 

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