Hi all not sure if right forum & sorry it is long...
I am currently expressing milk for my baby as I have been unable to sucessfully feed at the breast (I have tethered nipples). I had to have an emergency C Section at the birth. I am on day 5 now and although I am expressing every 2 hours at least for up to 30 minutes, my supply seems to be dropping. Yesterday during the day I managed to get average of 30-40ml with 1 50ml with ease, but during the night it dropped to 10/20ml a go and today it is it taking full 30 minutes of hand and electric pump to squeeze out 20-30ml.
Is there something I am doing wrong??
I am desperate to keep her exclusively breast milk but have had to give her 3-4 formula feeds in past 4 days as I can't keep up with what she eats.
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Postnatal health
Expressing milk issues day 5
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Pandabear123 · 20/02/2017 12:23
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