my girl always had a good latch and was eating well. She initially lost some weight (11%) as she was jaundice and very sleepy so had to supplement with formula for 3-4 weeks, maybe a bottle or two a day.
She started sleeping longer when she turned 4m, with 2 night feeds and 4 day feeds ( I can see now that might have been to little). She had 3 big naps a day.
I feed her by demand so these 4 might have been 6 a day not same day to day.
But up until that point she was nursed to sleep for every nap and night, which I stopped around month.
Anyway my supply DROPPED massively a week ago. I did get my period 4 days ago. (have had them sice 6wk pp).
The problem
Baby didn't gain any weight since her 3.5m nurse checkup (born 3 kg, is now 6.04 kg).
In the past week she started to nurse very strangely, where she only sucks a little to get the led down and once she gallops that from both breasts she does not want to nurse anymore. There is always more milk in, maybe a little but always some.
I do not respond well to pump so I am not pumping, never have.
I am working with lactation consultant, she advised to nur her every hour during the day, and as much as she wants during the night which was every hour and a half past 2 nights.
I am also taking fenugreek and reek of maple syrup, I think they are working as I can manually express much more now.
She had 5-6 wet nappies and big dirty one ether every 3 days or smaller dirty every day, depends.
She is super active, very tall...alert and happy baby all in all. But this nursing is very upsetting, I thought my milk was all gone, and she is not happy at the end of our nurse session.
Has anyone had anything similar happen?