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What I can tell you I learned the hard way! First, pump!!! So at night you can have hubby get up and feed the baby from time to time. Plus, if you are a stay at home mom, you will need to go out or have someone babysit for awhile and the baby will need to feed. If, you don’t give a bottle in between nursing, they will give you a lot of trouble when a bottle is needed. This happened to me. A home nurse told me I needed to wake my baby during the night for feedings. (she was sleeping all night the first week)! My youngest wouldn’t take any kind of bottle or sippy cup. Only me! It was so frustrating having to nurse every 2-3 hrs. She went every where I did. Your baby will let you know when they are hungary. If, they sleep all night, let them! Do not wake them. I learned this the hard way too. I would wake her and then she would always wake at 2AM until she was 3 1/2 yrs old! Very hard habit to break. I hope this helps a bit. Good luck!
Oh- keep in mind. if you try to bottle feed what you pumped, the baby will smell your milk and give resistance to the bottle. That’s why it is important to let someone else feed the baby with the bottle, if possible.
The only way to have an appropriate nursing care plan for post partum mothers is to first know if the mum had a normal delivery or a section. Most mums don’t require much nursing care. Making sure they get enough rest, that the perineum is kept clean and dry, (or the stitches on the section site) and that they have a good diet is generally sufficient.