Hi, I have a 1 week old DD she was weighed day 3 and day 5 and was found to have lost 9.9% of the recommended 10% weight loss that a baby can have. They recommended switch feeding (which I have been doing) to increase my supply and lots of stimulation of DD - she falls asleep at the breast a lot!
Took her to be weighed today and she has stayed exactly the same :( no increase at all in her weight. Now I have been recommended to carry on with the switch feed and then pump straight after for 20 mins (10 each side) and give it to her in a cup.
I am just so upset that all my efforts have failed and, I don't have time to spend an extra 20 mins pumping then cup feeding as I also have a teen and toddler to look after, DH does help but is back at work soon.
Any advice you can offer would be appreciated as another failed weigh in and I think I will start FF instead (I really don't want to but I want DD to put weight on and stop failing at BFing)
Sorry that was quite long, thanks in advance.
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EverythingIsTicketyBoo · 07/05/2013 17:03
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