Hello.
DD is DC2. I BF DS and he is fine. I don't know why I'm letting myself get so worried with DD.
I'm in Germany and the system here is :
You have a midwife who visits you regularly before and after the baby is born. They are supposed to know their stuff (more than I would expect of a HV - although I know some of them are great). Anyway, my midwife has been a midwife for, I think, a bit over 25 years. She is nice enough but it seems like she knows what she knows and it is right. No questions. IYSWIM.
So, her advice is to always feed DD from one breast and one breast only.
DD comes off after a while and roots around like she is still hungry. Trying to put her back on the same breast she fusses, gets a bit worked up but will not latch on.
DD is 9 days old today. She is a bit jaundiced, to the extent that we're popping to the dr later to get her checked.
The midwife is also making me concerned about DD's weight gain. She was 3640g at birth and has held at about 3450g since but isn't gaining.
A part of me is really unhappy and frustrated by her advice, which I have tried to follow. Another part of me asks why am I taking so much notice of what she says. DS is fine, I fed him with the same boobies!
I need some support but I don't know where to go for it here.
So I'm hoping you can help me MN thank you.
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DD 9 days old and not gaining, should I worry?
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MrsNutella · 19/08/2014 10:07
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