My son is 3 weeks old today and is ebf. He lost approx 10% of his birth weight in the days after his birth and is yet to regain all that he lost. Last week he regained 150g in 5 days (great) but in the following 5 days only regained 20g.
He goes through days of cluster feeding where he will literally feed all day and night non stop, bar an hour or two's sleep. He just goes from boob to boob and cries and roots if he is denied breast when he wants it. Then the next day he will feed for 30-40 mins one boob and then sleep for 3-4 hours. I think he is comfort sucking so we have introduced a dummy to pacify him.
The midwife has advised that i express milk and top him up with breastmilk, if i have it, otherwise formula.
Other matters i think have bearing -
i had a breast reduction 2 years ago so wonder whether that has had an impact on my ability to produce sufficient milk.
He is pooing and weeing normally, he's done 4 poos since 6am today.
This may not be the most coherent post but i'm so confused about what is going on and what i should do. Any advice/guidance would be wonderful.
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Not sure i'm producing enough milk, my son not gaining weight. Very confused..
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Freyathecatt · 24/04/2013 20:06
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