I've posted a few times about breastfeeding - there always seems to be a new problem after the previous one is solved!
To recap as succinctly as I can:
DS was tongue tied, and we had horrific latching problems in the beginning. To add to that, he would not let me know when he was hungry and we had to wake him every two hours and syringe colostrum/milk in. Then the tongue tie clinic said we'd adapted, he started putting on weight, he seemed to feed efficiently for 20 mins or so, the HV was happy, we decided not to cut the TT.
Now at 11.5 weeks, he only feeds for 3 mins per side. I keep switching sides - sometimes I can eek a feed out to 20 mins in total, other times he comes off the nipple with...gusto, and isn't interested in re-latching, though does seem to reach for it with his mouth. Sometimes he will go back to his 20 min feeds.
He's not gained any weight in about a week, and before that it was slowing according to HV but he'd gained 14 oz in 3 weeks, which is apparently average. I've inadvertently ended up having him weighed for 3 weeks running, which I think hasn't helped. When I've expressed, he's guzzled it down. I've read a lot that 3-5 min feeds each side are normal but the new slowing down of weight gain worries me. He tends to feed every 2.5-3 hours because I'm still in the habit of every two hours, but he also possets. He sleeps very well.
Is he Ok? Plenty of wet nappies, poos, is happy and alert. I sometimes think he needs a couple of weeks not being weighed, that these charts are supposed to be over months, not weeks. Other times I think he can't possibly be getting what he needs. I compress my breasts after the let down sometimes too. I'm taking Fenugreek, and read Kelly Mom a lot but just can't seem to shake this feeling I'm not feeding him well.
Oh dear, wonderful ladies of MN, with your wisdom and never ending help...please reassure me or tell me if there is something wrong. I have such anxiety about this, and it seems since he was born I've had some kind of worry about his feeding.
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Orenishii · 15/01/2013 17:54
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