Having triplets is hard, and there’s no denying it. But the most difficult problem here, as it turned out, is far from childcare itself. What every mother faces, and especially the mother of twins and triplets, is an endless struggle with other people’s opinions and attempts to “fight” people and their opinions about caring, feeding and raising children. .
Young mother Nina Dufrenne still remembers the pressure others put on her. The main issues of concern were child care and milk expression. Since breastfeeding and ƄoмƄeo are very energy-consuming activities, especially when it comes to three ƄeƄes at a time, Nina has been told more than once that mothers of triplets rarely choose an all-natural method of feeding their babies. children.
And although the different methods of feeding ƄeƄes are Ƅen in their own way, depending on the current situation, Nina wanted to show by her example that it is possible to feed triplets completely with mother’s milk. So she made several TikTok videos on the subject, showing and talking about her typical day, which includes taking care of the babies and pumping repeatedly. This is impressive and at the same time surprising, one more time, we can say that in this world for a woman, for a mother, nothing is impossible.
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Immediately after the birth of the triplets, they were taken to the intensive care unit, where they were connected to artificial lung ventilation devices. Nina was simply horrified and in constant fear for her children and, like any mother, she wanted with all her might to at least somehow help her newborn babies. “All she could do for them was express milk regularly to feed them. I think that’s why I’m still a bit emotionally attached to this process,” shares Nina.
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Maternal instincts won out and Nina began expressing milk regularly for her ƄeƄes. As you can see in the TikTok video, this is hard and painstaking daily work, but it is well worth all the effort. And this despite the fact that there were always a lot of people around Nina trying to talk her out of this.
They told the young mother: “If you feed children a special therapeutic mixture, they will quickly come out of the intensive care unit”. But Nina didn’t even consider it as an option. She was determined to feed the children on her own, although this was perhaps the most difficult way.
The ƄeƄés were born at 29 weeks. The young mother knows that breastfeeding is the best way to connect with her newborn baby, so she has started pumping daily. However, it would seem that the people around her were waiting for the moment when she would fail and there would simply not be enough milk for the three children.
“There were many people who doubted my decision, but for half a year now I have been feeding my children only breast milk and everything seems to be in perfect order,” says Nina.
The young mother especially heard many comments on this topic at the hospital, where she was told: “We have not yet seen mothers successfully breastfeed triplets alone, but you can try”.
Nina’s videos on TikTok have gained millions of likes and this is a great support for pregnant women expecting two, three or more children.
“When I was pregnant, I had a hard time finding information on how to breastfeed triplets. And that’s why I want to show other mothers that this is more than real and possiƄle”, says Nina.
“Breastfeeding is not the only possible way of eating and, of course, situations are different. However, if you can breastfeed a ƄeƄé despite the doubts of the people around you, that is something to be proud of.”
“I have to learn to ignore the negativity that is pouring my way. Sometimes I was able to express much more milk than my children needed. And the next week, she could barely get the right amount. And then a ready-made stock of excess milk, frozen in the freezer, will certainly come in handy.
Breastfeeding triplets is a difficult and responsible task, but Nina’s videos and photos show mothers that nothing is impossible!