Our little boy is one week old today and I am really struggling with breastfeeding.
He seems to go a maximum of 1.5 hours between the start of one feed to the next but it is taking 45 mins to an hour to feed and settle him. Since my milk came in on day 3 he seems to be struggling at the breast and 5 minutes into a feed he will come off the nipple coughing and spluttering. It then takes 5-10 minutes to try and wind and settle him before he will go back on the breast for another 5 or so minutes before getting gripey again. He will usually manage some pretty explosive wind at this point so then it is nappy change before he will go back on and do a bit longer. Then it is 15 minutes or so to try and settle him back down but 30-45 minutes later he will wake up looking uncomfortable and be rooting.
I feel like feeding him again is a vicious cycle as it just makes him windier.
I've not slept more than 2 hours a night since he was born and can't catch up in the day as this is just constant.
All the midwife and BF "support" say is to feed on demand and just to try and keep hi stomach below his head and lean back to try and slow the pace at which he ia taking the milk.
I'm at my wits end now though and as hubby is back to work in a week I am not going to be able to cope like this on my own.