My DS is 9do and ebf. I believe he is tongue tied (it is quite visible) and although feeding well, gaining weight etc, I am beginning to get sore.
In addition, I am struggling to maintain perspective about his feeding. My DD (now 2.7yo) was also ebf but after gaining weight for 2wks, suddenly lost weight and we started to be monitored by the HV very closely, with comments about it possibly being necessary to give her formula top-ups starting. As it happened, they had got their sums wrong, she had put on 6oz in the wk of monitoring her gain & she was just naturally small (stayed around the 9th centile for a long while). I feel very let-down that nobody suggested ways I could increase her weight gain whilst still ebfing and the fact that, when I took her to be weighed at 10wks, the HV made a comment about how slim I was and how DD was obviously just small... I felt a bit & that all the anxiety I'd had over feeding was unnecessary apparently!!
I appreciate that being upset by it still is pointless but now I feel like I might be about to start down the same route with DS, especially with the tongue tie. He gained 3oz by day 5 (going from 6lb 15 to
7lb 2) but has started to go about 3.5-4hrs at night between feeds. I.can feel myself getting anxious that he isn't getting enough, that my supply might be affected, particularly as the feed he had after this period was quite short. He has gone back to sleep very quickly despite having his nappy changed, so I don't think I can force any more milk into him now!
Sorry this so long. I guess I just needed to vent! I'm going to a breastfeeding group later in the week, but the fact the MW is coming today to weigh him and that I'm starting to really struggle getting him latched properly (& all the information I've read about tongue tie) plus the fact that I may have to be quite assertive about getting the tongue tie treated means I'm probably starting to over-analyse the frequency of his feeds etc.
Perhaps someone can help me gain a bit of perspective??!!
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Chunkychicken · 20/11/2012 06:51
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