Hi ladies, I am a FTM with little support in terms of advice so currently just winging it.
I am looking for some advice on breastfeeding
My baby is 6 weeks old and BF has luckily been easy enough so far after my hours of YouTube video watching!
DS feeds every 2-3 hours which is fine, but my questions are these:
- I only feed from one side/boob per feed. Is this ok? Everything I read online seems to indicate I should be swapping boobs when he has "finished the first boob"
- I only feed him for 6-8 minutes a time because otherwise he won't stop and vomits it all up. I think I have forceful letdown as he gulps away or coughs if he is not "concentrating"... if I pull him off to let him cough the milk sprays on him. I hear of women feeding for 20minutes to an hour... if I fed him that long I feel he would pop! Is this normal/ok??? So I time and limit each feed as soon as his sucking slows and generally it's around 6-8 minutes a feed.
Anyway I just wanted to know if what I'm doing is okay... if it's okay for now ...or likely to change ...or if I'm totally doing it wrong!?!?
(Ps,.. he is gaining weight well)