I have been BF DS1 since he was born (5days).
We had no trouble, although the Dr diagnosed a tongue tie.
A few totally sleepless nights and seriously painful feeding led to some FF on the advice of a MW. Ds1 gulped the milk down, he was obviously starving
Tongue tie was snipped yesterday, but BF last night was still sore and drawn out- we had 2 periods of feeding for hours, ds was latching, coming off, getting frustrated, looking for my nipple, I was encouraging him back on, the whole thing resulted in ds1 getting frustrated and me getting upset because I couldn't satisfy the poor baby. overnight he has been FF.
DH and I have decided to try a combination of expressing and FF to help take the pressure off... Ds has slept well overnight and seems satisfied this morning. His nappies have been both wet and dirty.
Please just help me realise we're doing the right thing by me stopping bf? Deep down I know it's the right thing to do to keep ds full, I just feel so guilty after the midwives harping on preaching about bf. I'm sad to be losing the lovely time together during bf, but I was already coming to dread it . I'm so tearful over the whole thing, crying when feeding as he wasn't getting enough, cried when we decided to change to bottles and crying this morning now I've just given him a bottle of formula.
The midwife is coming today, and I need a bit of courage to stand up for our decision... Anyone?
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PotatoPolly · 03/05/2014 06:46
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