Think my left boob has broke!!!!

[Homepride1]

First timer to breast feeding and thought I would give it ago but been doing a mixture of breast and bottle because dd just didn't seemed statisfied and would drink her whole bottle after a feed!

She is now 2 weeks and for last 2/3 days I was struggling at getting her to latch onto my left side and noticed I wasn't getting that burn/milk rush feeling in my left though my right side has been fine and she has happily fed off that not issues!

Last night I tried to express but didn't even get a drop!

Today I have managed to get her to ketch onto my left and she happily sucks away for half hour but I can't hear her swallowing! Would she really sit there for half a hour sucking if she wasn't getting anything!

I really don't want to give up yet but starting to feel like I'm not working/doing it right! Will my boob start working again?

Congratulations on your new Lo

Firstly, not being able to express is absolutely no indication of how much you are producing. Some mothers feed successfully but never manage to express anything.

What positions have you tried on the left side? At first sone babies can prefer one side but can be encouraged to take the other with different positions, like the rugby hold here.

If you feel she doesn't seem satisfied after a feed its fine to wait until she has finished the first side then offer the second side and to keep offering the alternate side until she is satisfied. The quickest way you can build up your supply is to keep feeding her. A baby downing a bottle is not an indication of them being hungry.

Is there a Bfing Support Group you could go to? I think you need some support if you want to continue Bfing. A BFC should be able to observe a complete feed and reassure you.

Lastly have a read of this for some additional reassurance

I also have a 2 weeker. One of my breasts has a much more obvious "let down" feeling and so forth than the other. She feels different too. However one time she fell asleep at the breast and I unladen her, milk dripping showed both sides work!
I asked the mw who had a look and agreed both sides work, but babies sometimes have different methods for each side that fall within the remit of good latch, also the nerves might feel different.
FX its same for you!

Homepride how are you getting on now?

She has been feeding on both side again today and I did notice when she pulled away there was a little milk there so it must be working to a extent! I also tried expressing again and just got one drop out of each not sure if it's the pump (hand pump tommy tippee) or weather I'm just not made for expressing!

Wondering if my problem is the fact I have been doing both bottle/breast since day one, this is my 4th baby and I never even attempted BF with the first 3 so really don't know much about it but because she didn't seem statisfied I would top her ip with a bottle and she has pretty much been going 3 hours between feeds since day one, so wondering if this is the problem, I'm used to bottle fed babies that go hours between feeds where as with dd I would have to BF non stop I think!

Also don't think it helped that over weekend her dad wanted to feed her do I didn't put her to the breast as often as I could! Spoke yo HV and feh has suggested I just carry on offering breast first and skis lots of skin to skin and hopefully that will get flow going again! Also I don't know if it makes a difference but I do have breast implants

I honestly never knew it was this hard

It will get easier I promise. Soon you'll be loving the freedom of not having to prepare bottles, stay out with baby for as long as you like without worry about how many bottles you have and not worrying about buying formula in.

If DH wants to bond with her, could he bathe her instead or stick her in a sling and take her for a walk?

Did you manage to call one of the helplines?