My dd is nearly 8 weeks. She was ebf till 4 weeks, then ff, with at least 1 ebm or breast feed per day.
At 6 weeks I didn't put her on the breast for a whole week. I felt it was too stressful for both of us. She was getting very upset at the slow flow and lack of milk, I felt like a failure with a daughter who hated me. I carried on expressing but my milk was slowing down and I'd be lucky to get 40 mls in over an hour.
Last week I decided to try again. If I pick the right moment when dd is neither too tired or too hungry she will suckle for 5 - 25 mins. I have no idea if she gets much milk. Her latch is bad, she doesn't like me correcting it, and she sometimes takes a 120ml ff quite soon after. It seems to make us both more content though.
Now however I'm hoping to do this properly. I would like to aim for at least half her milk to be breast milk, preferably breast fed. I've started taking fenugreek so will see if that helps. If not ill ask the dr medication.
She is keen to breastfeed, but her latch is poor and often ends with just my nipple in her mouth. She seems to get frustrated by the slow flow of milk and possibly the lack of it too.
I'm using dr brown bottles as she was getting very windy. She is still on size 1 teats and it takes her a while to get her milk. If I was planning on sticking to formula I would definitely up a size, but I'm unsure whether to do so when trying to get her back on my breast.
I'm looking for general advice and successes to do with relactation, and also advice on how to make sure dd gets enough formula to keep her fed, without making it too much of an attractive easy option for her. Is it wrong to keep on using the newborn teats?
Thank you for reading.