DS is a week old today. He took 36hrs to first latch but he’s fed constantly since. In the past 24hrs he’s only been off the breast for 3 hrs. I’m exhausted. I never planned on full time bf but the hospital and post partum midwife really pushed it.
I know he is getting enough as he’s filling plenty of nappies and yesterday he was back at his birth weight. I just feel he is only getting enough by feeding all the time which isn’t sustainable.
I had a complicated birth with a vacuum and then manual removal of retained placenta. I lost 1.2ltrs blood. I’m so aware that I need my body to recover too and I’m unable to do that. I desperately want to be able to provide for DS.
I wondered if anyone has had a similar experience? I think we’re going to give him a bottle shortly for a break but I’m worried that will mess up his latch.
DH is being fab but there is only so much he can do. He’s barely held DS because he just screams when he isn’t being fed.
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Betsyboo87 · 04/07/2020 13:15
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