4 day old, reflux :(

[noblegiraffe]

DD was born 4 days ago by ELCS and was very mucousy and reluctant to feed for the first 2 days until she'd got rid of it all, I had to work hard to get her to bf every 6 hours. Since then feeds have increased in frequency but she still sleeps all the time and usually needs stripping and tickling to stay awake long enough to feed. She was weighed yesterday and has lost just over 10% of her weight which I was expecting, the midwife said to make sure she feeds at least every 3 hours and she'll be weighed again either today or tomorrow.

My milk came in yesterday afternoon and I have been trying to feed every 2-3 hours but she isn't taking much each time. I suspected when she was born that she had reflux as I could see her vomiting and swallowing quite regularly, but no vomit coming up. However, since my milk came in she has now started vomiting quite regularly, and this morning she has thrown up most of her feed as she came off the breast, and threw up the previous one before that.

Propping her basket up and keeping her upright is no help as she is vomiting while upright. She's also not happy and back arching and crying quite regularly.
Please help, how am I supposed to get her weight up if she's not keeping anything down? :(

[NorthernDuck]

@noblegiraffe thank you so much for responding and your message gives me so much hope. Yesterday during the day was a better day and so far I’ve managed to feed him upright and it has improved the sickness quite a bit, I’ve had a better night so far even though he’s only slept about 45 mins since 9pm, but he’s been feeding or needing winding/awake not screaming like last night so I’ll take that as a win!
the gp has also given me some more pain killers and enough to see me through to the other side of Xmas so hopefully I’ll be in less pain.
my mum also came yesterday and was super mum, she went via boots to get supplies! We now have loads of Muslins - I only had 3 originally as she said I wouldn’t need many 🤣 and extra cot sheets. It also meant my husband could have a decent sleep so he is a lot better too.
I will try to update how we get on in a few weeks incase there is someone like me in 10 years time madly googling at 2 am hoping for a miracle.
I hope you have a great Christmas!