hi all,
i have dd 11 wo (pfb). i have been bf since birth but we have had so many problems that i'm seriously considering giving up.
when we have a good feed, it's the best feeling ever. but we have so many feeds that are really painful or i have no milk which end up with one or the other of us crying
i never realised how strongly i would feel about wanting to breastfeed and i feel that if i give up i won't forgive myself. i am also surrounded by friends that breastfed up to 2 yrs + and i feel really jealous of them.
has anyone still had a nightmare with bf at the 11 week point and managed to improve it and carry on?
is it still worth me trying to improve her latch? (i think she latches poorly due to an earlier tongue tie problem which I think is the basis of the low supply, sore nipples etc, but all the bf consultants i have seen say her latch is fine!) or will it always be like this now as she will have got into bad habits?
we'd been having a nightmare from 3 weeks old - she had her tongue tie snipped at 7 weeks old. that seemed to help initially, but that was 4 weeks ago and it's awful again
i have been to loads of different clinics and lactation consultants, read every page of kellymom, try to pump as much as poss and taking motilium and herbal remedies to increase supply...and we're still struggling so much and topping up with formula and i have SUCH sore nipples i end up dreading the next feed
sorry for the long post. anyone else had a similar experience? if so, what happened next?
btw dd is a happy lovely little thing when not struggling to get milk. dh thinks if we moved to formula both dd and i would be happier? opinions?
thank you
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can breast feeding still improve after 11 weeks? (long post, sorry)
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mololoko · 19/10/2008 21:31
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