Hello everyone, my son was born just before midnight on boxing day and fed like a champ until my milk came in around 4am last night - I've only got him properly latched on for a decent 20 minute feed twice since then- the rest of today has been him wailing at the breast, me bursting into tears, and then DH spoon-feeding him expressed milk. he has weed lots today but not pooed yet (it's nearly 7pm here.) he has had 20-30ml of expressed bm at each.failed feed and although he is sleeping a lot he is also alert, and peeing . . .
tomorrow I have an appointment with our very breastfeeding friendly and knowledgeable pediatrician and am going to ask for a referral to the practice' s lactation consultants- so.what I need is advice and hand-holding to get me through till lunchtime tomorrow (5pm GMT) .
people on this board helped me get going with nursing my DS1 and were so lovely when I felt like crap and struggled . we ended up feeding happily for 2 years so I feel like I should know what to do here, but this breast refusal has me totally freaked out! my plans include lots of skin to skin, varying positions, a little glass of wine and possibly chocolate- all other suggestions welcome!
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milk come in and now he won't latch!
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blackcurrants · 30/12/2012 23:57
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