Would be grateful for some advice about my dd1's feeding and if it's normal.
Day 1: she slept almost the whole day. I tried to feed her a few times but she wasn't interested. She only fed once for 15 mins. She made 6 dirty diapers, all except one were poop.
Day 2: she only fed 4 times, one of which was finger feeding of pumped milk. Had 8 nappy changes, mostly poop.
Day 3: fed 6 times, 2 of which were finger feeds. 2 wet nappies. This is what she did before leaving the hospital around 3pm.
None of these feeds lasted more than 25 minutes. I attempted lots of times but she wasn't interested, was very drowsy. Lactation specialist said she was difficult to rouse so I MUST rouse her to feed at least every 2-3 hours whether she liked it or not. She also suggested I hire a pump, a d instructed me to pump both sides for 15 minutes after every daytime feed, and give her what I expressed by finger feed/syringe. This would also get my milk to come in better. I hired the pump.
Forgot to say, baby weighed 8 lbs 11oz at birth and now weighs 8 lbs even. This is still under 10% loss and fine but nurses were worried about her drowsiness at feeding.
When we got home yesterday I followed the instructions but the schedule of feeds and pumping basically meant as soon as I finished it was time to start again. I was v tired and had no time to just enjoy her. In the evening I decided to just feed on demand and then make sure not to let her go more than 2.5 hours before next feed.
So last night she cried for feed every 1-1.5 hours and the feed for an average of 15 minutes before falling asleep at the breast. She mainly only wanted one side per feed.
Since midnight (it's 07:37 where i am) she's had 7 feeds lasting between 8-20 minutes each. She's also done 2 impressive poops and one wet nappy.
Is this normal?! Glad she's feeding now but some were only 8-10 minutes.