Hi all
Looking for some advice to help my 10 day old and me - sorry in advance for the long post!!
We got off to a rocky start with breastfeeding, after an forceps delivery and his first few hours spent in SCBU baby wouldn’t latch so we started off with hand expressed colostrum until we were able to get him to latch with the help of midwives. However, he’s always been very frustrated when trying to get him to latch - he screams, snorts, shakes his head back and forth and generally can take quite a long time to latch on. This happens 7 out of 10 times, regardless of position etc. Everyone tells me that once he’s on, his latch is perfect, although he does sometimes bob off and repeat this during a feed. It’s been really draining fighting him all the time, especially as he is currently feeding very frequently.
For the last day or two we’ve also had near constant uncontrollable crying like we’ve never had before. He’s arching his back, pulling his knees up, going red in the face - it’s heartbreaking. We’ve been told it sounds like wind - not usual in breastfed babies but that the struggle to latch him might mean he’s taking in a lot of air which is getting trapped. Currently using infacol and doing lots of winding and bicycle legs but not seen a significant improvement yet. Have also been advised to try expressing to soften my breasts and offer expressed milk first to try and calm him before he gets to the breast, which is making the whole process more convoluted.
I’ve never loved breastfeeding - I find the first few seconds painful, my nipples are sore, I feel trapped in the house and am exhausted from the relentlessness of it. I’m so tempted to switch to formula to be able to share the load a bit more, but is this likely to make the colic worse? Or if the wind is caused by his difficulty latching will that stop being an issue? Has anyone experienced anything like this and have any advice? Thank you!
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GreenEyedGirl01 · 03/02/2018 09:56
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