I'm going crazy, i had DD3 last Sunday and she's lost twelve percent of her birth weight at yesterday's weigh in so we're back in hospital.
I've been told to give her formula top ups which I really do not want to.
DD was born much bigger birth weight than my older DC, which in the early days before my milk came in has made it harder to keep her full. My milk has now come in and I'm feeding her regularly and she seems content.
Her colour is fine, she's alert and spends some time looking around her. She produces wet nappies about three a day and dirty nappies once a day. She's not de-hydrated or jaundiced (doctors have checked). She even sleeps well for small stretches.
Is there any way I can increase my milk production? I can't express much and one of the nurses anounced I was not producing enough milk. I am I can feel it and also DD tends to fall asleep with milk pouring out of her mouth, so I've taken to changing her nappy after a first feed then putting her back on to continue feeding once she is awake again.
I've managed to express 20ml of milk at a time but DD just throws it up after I feed it to her after giving her a breast feed.
I feel like I'm force feeding my poor dc.
Any words of advice please make I'm desperate. I'm really worried about her weight loss but also I find it hard to believe she's at risk of malnutrition or anything as she's so calm and happy.
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fuzzywuzzy · 03/06/2017 09:38
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