Had my 9lb 2oz baby 11 days ago (ELCS). He struggled to latch and had low blood sugar at birth, but I had a stash of antenatal colostrum which we used to stabilise his blood sugars and entice him to feed.
Have been reliant on nipple shields (flat/inverted nipples) and he is still losing weight. But he's still within 10% and my private lactation consultant (who is fab) isn't too concerned as he's producing lots of wet and pooey nappies. Also she has diagnosed a tongue tie, which is being snipped tomorrow so she wants to see if that changes things before we worry about weight loss.
Also he was born on 92nd percentile (poss undiagnosed gestational diabetes on my part?) which doesn't fit with his siblings or parental genes so I think he needs to catch down.
Anyway, I saw lactation consultant yesterday morning and she said he might not feed too well the day of his tongue tie snip and advised me to express some milk to have in store and also to keep my supply up.
Last night I pumped for the first time ever at 930pm in between feeds using a Medela Freestyle, only for 5 mins as nothing came out after that, and got 60ml and ended up with two soft floppy boobs for the first time since my milk came in.
At 22.30 I tried to feed DS but my boobs were still floppy and empty. DS got really upset and cross and we ended up giving him half the ebm to settle him.
I fed him every 3-4 hours through the night but my boobs felt soft and empty throughout.
In the morning my milk flow perked up slightly as you'd expect, but as the day has gone on I've had less and less and we had to top him up again just now.
I honestly feel like there's hardly anything coming through. I can tell by the feel of them (both soft and floppy, whereas before I used to weigh them and know which one I fed from last) and because of DS behaviour (frustration, exhaustion).
I know boobs can soften up when supply levels out but that's not till 6 weeks or so.
I'm only 11 days and before I pumped last night I was generally quite engorged.
I haven't needed bra pads at all today and the other nipple doesn't leak when I feed.
Please can someone tell me what the hell is going on? I have been sobbing all evening about it and I don't know what has gone wrong since I pumped.
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Day 11 and feel like my milk is disappearing
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feesh · 26/05/2017 19:20
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