Just need some advice to stop me going crazy :)
After some initial problems, I've been successfully bfing DS for 9 weeks. In the last couple of days he has been fussing at the breast, feeding for no more than 3-5 minutes each side. It started when he kept refusing the right breast - which I eventually manually expressed because it was so engorged. After 10 minutes I had a huge amount. Since then, I started worrying - what if I'm not producing anything, which is why he's fussing? I don't know why I thought this - since my breasts were leaking and engorged!
Anyway, to make myself feel better and to ensure he got some good hind milk, I thought I'd express a lot to give him. Only I could hardly get anything - barely covered the bottom of the bottle! I freaked out a little, got the electric pump out and same thing - 10/15 minutes in and hardly anything.
This morning I was engorged and put him to the breast - same thing, 3-5 minutes each side. So now I am confused and - ridiculously - close to tears.
Logically - I must be producing hence the engorgement, but why can't I express anything and why is he only wanting so little? He must hardly be getting anything. The time between feeds is the same so I'm going crazy worrying about this new "development".
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Orenishii · 31/12/2012 10:12
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