I need some advice, tips and reassurance at this lonely 3am hour as I'm SO fed up with breastfeeding. It has been the hardest thing I've ever done and I'm so fed up and exhausted I could scream.
Background is dd was born 6lb 7, small but healthy but due to complications with me which involved aggressive treatment, my milk was delayed... loads of breastfeeding support in hospital and at home, but she lost 12% of her weight, went down to 5lb 10 and I was feeding 3 hourly, topping up with expressed BM and a bit of formula, (she's had no more than two bottles formula since birth and I've really persevered with the BF (dd is 6 weeks today).
Three people have checked my latch - Midwife and two health visitors, said it was fine, but I've never felt as comfortable as I thought I should and dd has been leaving my nipple lipstick shaped.
Today she was weighed: 7lb 11oz and 2nd percentile. I was hoping for more and a new HV checked my latch and declared it too shallow, showed me, latched her on for me and I had a nice, comfortable feed. It all made sense- the fussing on me, the only sleeping for 30 minutes etc, she was obviously not getting milk efficiently or filling up her little tummy enough.
Since I've been home I've tried and tried and tried to recreate that deep latch... I CAN'T DO IT! She is just chomping away on my nipple and now I'm more sore than I've been in weeks latching her on and off trying to get it right.
I'm utterly exhausted from only an hour's sleep a night for a week, my back is burning across my shoulders from sitting up trying to contort myself into a position to get this bloody latch right and I'm just crying now because I'm so fed up. Dd hasn't got tongue tie they say. I've watched YouTube videos, studied the LLL info but it's easier said than done when dd has a small little mouth and head butts me or gets her hand in the way... it's so sodding frustrating.
I really really want to breastfeed and not give up. Help!! Why can't I do it?
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glowingtwig · 29/11/2019 03:06
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