DD2, 1 month old, EBF. Was feeding every 3 hours round the clock. Now feeding 1-2.5 hourly for last couple days. R side becoming engorged between feeds, L side only feeling full every couple hours. Because of the engorgement, I've been starting feeds with the R side every time, after hand expressing to relieve some pressure and get over the active letdown. She doesn't always then go to feed from the other side.
DD is settled after feeds but fussing at the breast at times, doesn't always feed to sleep now. She's vomiting after feeds where she didn't use to. I think she's not getting enough of the fattier milk. When I hand express the milk seems watery. It's pale/clear rather than the creamy white I get from L side.
If I feed her only from L side and express from R side, am I going to make things worse or begin to get back to where we were a few days ago? We'd finally got her latch issues sorted and feeding was going so well!
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Think I'm just perpetuating a problem. How to break the cycle?
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SquedgieBeckenheim · 01/04/2017 11:25
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