Hi, hoping for some advice & support in the early days of my BF challenge.
DD is 3 days old, born by ELCS. I am really keen to BF and she seems to be latching on well (I've asked each and every health professional I've seen to check this).
Day 3 weigh in showed almost 10% weight loss which really upset me as DS lost about 14% by day 5 and we ended up in the low supply - formula top up spiral.
She is feeding very often, all the time she's not asleep, never going more than 2 hours between feeds. Last night was one long cluster feed and she's currently snoozing so I guess tonight might be the same.
I can see colostrum is turning to milk, but breast are still soft and not engorged. I never had the milk "coming in" feeling with DS, but he didn't demand anywhere near as much as DD is doing.
So overall I am feeding her loads, taking fenugreek and trying to catch some sleep when I can. I do have a pump but struggle to get her to sleep outside my arms to get chance to use it. Any advice?
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crazytyke · 26/04/2015 20:42
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