Im trying to breastfeed and thought I'd been successfully getting DD to latch on for a while even tho once there, she mostly fell asleep just suckling for comfort.
I've persevered, expressing colostrum initially and adding in some formula (Id always planned to mix feed). She lost too much weight so are currently trying her on both breasts at each feed then doing formula. My milk seems to be coming in (not gushing but hand expressing easily gets milk rather than the early days of hand expressing colostrum.)
Tonight she was desperate to take my breast - more than she's ever been. I couldn't get the positioning right for her so we failed to breastfeed again. All along I've thought she wasn't interested but now I think my positioning is the issue.
Where / who's the best place to get practical advice on how to fix things? Ive got info on breast feeding groups but don't get what would happen there / if I'd be comfortable...
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Getting 5 day old DD to latch on
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Blankiefan · 31/10/2013 19:24
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