So...
beautiul son born last saturday. Have had trouble getting him to latch on and off ever since. Yesterday he went 6 hours without a feed, I hand expressed 1.4ml which got him a bit more perky and we got a mat support worker round, she helped with positioning and he fed. Fed again twice, last time at 1am. DH took him into living room and I slept - they both fell asleep until 6.30!!! I tried feeding then, took an hour to get him to latch, fed for 5 minutes. Clearly something wrong. BF support came again at 10 ish, weighed, and he has lost 17% bodyweight. She advised several things -
cup feed some formula to prevent jaundice/dehydration immediately. Gave 40mls, he slept for 3 hours.
Buy breast pump and start stimulating milk production. Done - produced 10mls about 1.5 hours ago.
Put him to the breast before every feed. Done 3 hours ago- but he wouldn't latch so gave him another 30ml formula - now alsseep.
He has also prodiced a good poo and wee since the formula so showing me he was in dire need. Colour is good tho so health wise he is ok.
I am desperate not to fail at BF. I'm hopeful that stimulating breasts will get enough milk in that he can go back to breast easily (he's not sucking, because there is very little there and it's too hard for him) I'm going to cup feed ubtil that point rather than bottle, whether it's formula or BM.
What do you think? (I hope that made sense) BF support woman coming back later today to check in. I feel well supported but very anxious. Oh and my milk came in a day later than normal and she thought that might have had an impact too. Trying to get him to latch was wearing us all out so much (though DH is fab) that I feel relief at him just feeding and sleeping which is awful - I don't want to be tempted by the 'easy' route. Please reassure me that we are doing everything right and that I will be able to BF again?
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Baby born last sat - lost 17% bodyweight - had to give formula, sad, please read if you know about BF
ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 18/09/2008 15:50
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