01/07/2018
I think this is very important to be shared xx
Supply line or SNS...
A SNS is a specialised tube feeding system that supplements the baby at the breast, even when the mother is no longer lactating or has a low supply. This tube is placed beside the ni**le and into babies mouth, at the other end is the milk, it may be expressed milk, donor milk or artifical substitutes. Most women put a little bit of tape onto their breast to hold the tube in place. There are a few different kinds of systems.
The idea is to eventually have baby return to feeding solely from the breast or to have the mother or the adoptive mother relactate and feed from the breast (yes this is possible!)
Other ways a supply line will be able to assist you is:
Help you to breastfeed and give baby extra milk at the same time.
Increase your breastmilk supply by having baby stimulate milk production while being topped up at the breast.
Help premature babies in establishing breastfeeding.
Help a baby to improve his or her sucking skills for breastfeeds as babies use a different set of muscles when breastfeeding compared to bottle-feeding.
Help a mother and baby to continue to breastfeeding with poor weight gains.
Help a baby prevent bottle preferences when topping up is needed.