I've previously posted re my difficulties breast feeding..... pain / latch etc.
However, DS aged 12 days seems content once on, but im still in pain and actually its been getting worse.
I saw the midwife yesterday and she told me he has lost a bit more weight..taking him to 10.1 % of birth weight lost.
I want to perservere with EBF, so her suggestion is that i express 3 to 5 times each day and top him up with this milk in a bottle .
I was so upset with this.....i dont want to introduce a bottle at this point in case it causes confusion.But also i have two older Dc and most feeds take over an hour currently, So the idea of expressing and bottle on top, as well as offering both boobs at each feed and never going more than three hours from start to start is pretty horrendous.
He is doing wees and poos.
I've been to two breastfeeding groups who both thought his latch was ok...just needs practice. Though one was 50/50 re tongue tie.
Ive booked to see a private lactation consultant on friday but in the meantime im not sure what to do...obviously i dont want him to lose more weight.
Couple more things that might be relevant....i have quite flat nipples (though not after he has finished!) . He was also big at birth....over 4 kilos.
Thanks for reading and any advice you have. The sad thing is, though I'd been finding it really tough the one thing i felt confident in was him getting enough milk ...now that's totally gone!
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Breast feeding baby not getting back to birth weight
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krisskross · 09/05/2017 04:39
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