Well, I was told I was in the wrong place so quickly posted elsewhere when I actually had a spare 2 minutes rather than answer questions. Unlike now where I may have a full 5 minutes and will try and answer questions!
Yep, been told by the nurse on my booking in appointment that I wouldn't be able to breastfeed for a couple days after. Having wisdom teeth out under general anaesthetic if that makes any difference to drugs used? I'm sure she said something about the painkillers I'd be given afterward aswell but wasn't told what I'd be given. I get tramadol and paracetamol on prescription anyway for something else when I need it, had tramadol after having my c-section and was breastfeeding, so I could just take that after I suppose. I see someone had posted a link in relation to this so I'll try and have a quick look. Will try and phone the number on my hospital letter aswell to see if they can give me anymore info.
Yep, I don't want to be waiting in hospital for hours when baby could be with me until I get taken in, having a less crappy time!
Yes, the main issue is being home, and not being able to feed and having a sad cranky baby :( But I'm also worried for my husband being left all day and possibly overnight for the first time with a sad cranky and potentially hungry baby :( :(
I would happily breastfeed for as long as he wanted but I do think I'm going to go back to work, and would have to put him to a nursery so getting him on formula would be the easiest thing for me, and would mean husband could be a bit more involved aswell! Found dairy free formula by Aptamil on their website but I've never seen it in my local supermarkets and had a quick look on asda and tesco online shops and not on there either!
Food wise he gets solids at breakfast, lunch and dinner, has a feed after breakfast, then in the afternoon he'll have a snack, either a banana/other fruit or a smaller feed, then a small feed after dinner aswell, then bedtime feed where he'll fall asleep. Usually he'll wake once in the night for another feed but teething at the moment so sometimes wakes up more, more for comfort than hunger I think.
This morning managed to express a small amount and wouldn't let him have boob - what a screaming match! No tears mind you, just screaming until he went on the boob! As he snoozed off I tried swapping to the bottle every so often and he instantly woke up and screaming again! Interestingly enough before that when he was in his high hair he did try to suck a couple times before spitting the bottle out, so unscrewed the top and he took a few sips, but it's as if the taste changes to dirt as soon as it goes in a bottle, the faces he makes are hysterical! My husband says as I have such a sweet tooth we probably need to try adding sugar! (He does have a minor tongue tie so don't know if that's influencing reluctance to a rubber teat? but managed to get breastfeeding sorted after a few days so ?? )
As I said, he takes water absolutely fine from his sippy cup, has a tommee tippee one and one you get from your health visitor, and is quite good at grabbing them and putting them to his mouth, but needs a wee hand sometimes to tip it up far enough to get anything out. But again - as soon as milk goes in, doesn't take it.
Not sure what to do, think I'll try a straw to see how that goes! Really feel like cancelling my appointment, but I shouldn't as desperately uncomfortable myself! Aaaaaaahhhh!!!!!!!