This is going to be v long, sorry! DD (DC3) is 4 weeks, EBF, fed on demand. She has just been weighed and, exactly like DS1 and 2, is hardly gaining.
For background, DS1 was huge at birth (9lb 9oz) and slid down the percentiles till he weaned at 6 months. HV ascribed this to him finding his natural level, but he crept back up the percentiles again and has stayed at least at 75th for height and weight ever since. He was topped up with one 4oz formula feed a day from 12 weeks. DS2 was smaller at birth (7lb12oz, ELCS due to horrific first delivery) and again slipped down the chart. He was under the 0.2nd when we were referred to a paed and more or less ordered to give formula top ups (have never been able to get more than 0.5oz per side pumping). It was all stressful and hideous and I was all but accused of starving my baby by not eating properly/feeding enough etc etc. Horrible. He was topped up from 12 weeks onwards Both DSs were fed on demand, and I co slept with DS2 for maximum feeding opportunities. I fed both for almost a year each.
Aaaaanyway, DD3 is shaping up much the same - born between the 25th and 50th percentiles (7lb 2oz) and at 4 weeks already down to just below the 2nd (7lb 5oz, only regained her birthweight last week).
I am just feeling utterly shit about not being able to feed my DCs myself. The assumption is that it is a genuine supply issue - feeding has been painless from the start with DS2 and DD, latch has been checked approx 1 million times, tongue tie has been checked for almost as often. I don't ever leak, have never had full breasts or any sensation of milk coming in, can't pump. I know none of those things individually means low supply, but the combination, along with perfectly latched, demand fed babies, seems to point to it. It's just utterly shit and I feel crap about it.
Not actually sure what I'm hoping for by posting this - a sympathetic ear, more ideas to improve weight gain, someone to make me feel better - but I'm feeling pretty blue.
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