ds is 19 days old and am so far managing ebf (only managed 3 days with dd due to extreme damage to nipples and being to soft to get through the pain!!) still having a few problems with left nipple due to bad latching in first few days but so far struggling on as pain does decrease after first 20 or so secs once latched on correctly. Ds has a clear preference for right breast though and can't always get him to take from both sides equally but am trying my damdest! Feeding on demand every couple of hours. Would like to soon start expressing a little so dh can sometimes give a bottle of expressed milk last thing at night so I can get more than 2 hours sleep and keep my sanity! Is there a time that is better to express and should I be expressing from the side ds takes feeds from least often in order to keep supply up on this side? Any advice welcome as am still getting the hang of things and do want to be able to continue to ebf for as long as possible this time around.
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