I've got an 8 day newborn. BF has been a total, shocking horror; He's feeding really, really well but he is very small (5lb 7oz) with tiny mouth and barracuda suck. I've cried during bf. Two days ago, after thinking I was making progress, one breast was too mangled to use. Midwife told me to stop for 48 hours, express, feed from other breast, bottle and top with formula.
Last night was the first night of doing this and it was bliss. No pain for me (other breast yesterday was fine, today quite sore), and the pleasure of feeding without tension. He slept really, really well. Maybe because I wasn't tense...
So now what? I can't decide whether to return to the hell of BF and perservere, or think about expressing or even switching to formula.
I don't want to dread BF, I want to go out in public (and can't with the pain of it sometimes), and I want to enjoy my son. But every time I try to decide, it gets loaded in my head.
DH very supportive of whatever I decide, although body language suggests he'd probably prefer me to keep at BF.
Any advice?
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cambodia · 15/12/2010 01:54
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