I gave birth to my lovely ds exactly a week ago, I managed to get him latched on quite painfully after the birth and then a couple of times at home until I realised it was hurting too much and felt wrong. There is an excellent bf clinic I've been doing to every day and when I've got experts helping me latch him on I manage to have a successful feed while I'm there.
To give my sore nipples a break I've been expressing milk and cup feeding (which is a massive faff and about a quarter of it ends up being spilt) and topping up with formula, and his weight has dropped 7.7%- I thought that was in the normal range but mw wants to keep an eye on us now which makes me feel s bit crap.
I'm really really keen to crack this but everytime j attempt to feed him by myself at home it I end up not doing it properly and hurting and feel like I haven't made any progress. I'm anxious at the fact that dp goes back to work a week tomorrow and I'll have to express and cup feed by myself.
I really didn't expect it to be so difficult! How long should it take to get the hang of this? When does it get easier?!
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Cinnamon84 · 22/08/2016 17:10
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