My daughter was initially EBF. At her 8 week check her weight had dropped from the 4th to 2nd percentile. We got an appointment with the health visitor and 2 weeks later she had only gained an additional 20g and her weight had dropped so far it was off the percentile chart.
I was told to express "as much as I could" and feed her an extra 4oz a day of expressed milk/formula. A week later she had gained 100g but this still isn't enough so was told to up her additional feeds to 6-7oz.
We were given two weeks and she was weighed again today. She STILL isn't gaining enough weight and is around 400g underweight according to her charts.
I feel like an absolute failure and so incredibly guilty. I also feel like breastfeeding just isn't doing the job and that pumping hasn't fixed the problem either. I use nipple shields but just can't get her to feed without them. I also have eczema all over both breasts which is making the experience very painful.
I know when I have my meeting with the health visitor tomorrow she's just going to tell me to pump more and I just can't. I find it a huge hassle, uncomfortable and it yields very little (1oz per session if I'm lucky).
It feels like I'm spending all my time just trying to get my daughter fed instead of doing anything nice with her like playtime. It's making feel really negative and miserable about parenting
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13 week old underweight
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clementine89 · 10/06/2020 15:18
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