My baby is 5 days old and we have struggled from the start to get him to latch. 8/10 times he ends up frustrated and screaming and I then have to calm him first, the whole thing makes me feel extremely anxious for his next feed.
Today has been the worst, he hasn’t latched even once so I have hand expressed and fed through bottle but now I worry I’ve made it worse as the bottle flows so much quicker and he took it really easily.
Shall I keep trying? Or accept I have to express? It was so important to me to breastfeed I am permanently close to tears and feel I’ve failed him. I can’t bear to see him hungry so I gave the bottle but I can’t imagine he will latch now.
Shall I try nipple shields?? My head is all over the place I feel actual fear about him waking and the screaming for milk beginning again when I am clearly incapable of meeting his needs.
I can express about 3oz each time, is this even enough?! I reqlksie I sound mental and dramatic
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Essexmummy88 · 07/04/2018 18:55
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