Trying to BF Ds who is 9 days old and my first. I had some days when it went really well. He barely lost any if his birthweight. During the day I feel a lot more positive about it, but at night he can take up to 30mins just to latch on. During this time he thrashes about, screams, gets distressed - as do I. I also find it so painful but once he's latched on I just try to deal with it because, well, he's finally latched on.
I'm exhausted, crying constantly, feel low and guilty that I'm psychologically effecting him on some way. I feel like my days have been given up because I'm having to catch up on sleep from the night before and therefore I'm getting serious cabin fever. The smallest tasks seem like huge ones. I want to contact someone to come and help me but I don't know who. Any advice on why ds might be forgetting his latch at night?
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Feel so low, exhausted and fed up. And it's only day 9.
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MayimBialik · 26/11/2012 12:04
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