DS is 8 days old and we only came home yesterday from the neonatal unit after a traumatic labour and delivery. He was born at 40+5 and was 9lb 15 so by no means a small baby!
We've managed to get into a total muddle with feeding. Whilst he was on neonatal I was expressing non stop to get supply established and he was having bottles of my expressed milk topped up with formula as he wouldn't latch on for a breastfeed.
We've come home yesterday and I persevered with offering a breast and he had some ok length (5 to 10 mins) feeds but didn't seem to be sucking or swallowing a lot after the initial 2 mins. He's then been almost constantly on me overnight and this morning. Community midwife has just been and said I need to top him up with formula or express and top up and she doesn't think my milk has come in properly. She also thinks I shouldn't cuddle my 8 day old baby to sleep so I'm inclined to think she can bog off but I do need help sorting this feeding.
Options are: carry on trying to breastfeed, although frankly I'm on my knees with exhaustion and I'm just not sure I can stay awake another night.
Just give him formula, which he's perfectly happy with.
Have some strange hybrid where I express milk but bottle feed it topped up with formula (surely the worst of all worlds?)
I'm so tired and I can't stop crying so please help me decide what to do and tell me what you think
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daisygirlmac · 14/02/2017 12:51
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