For some background, I had terrible engorgement with my first child (didn’t breastfeed) & second child (did breastfeed but he had tongue tie which could be relevant, still got plenty of milk & bf into toddlerhood). With my second, my breasts were like bowling balls with nothing to latch onto so we used shields for a few days as he couldn’t latch, thankfully got rid of them as soon as we could.
My newborn was born Monday @ 5am and already has yellow poo nappies, he’s had 8 pooy nappies (also pood everywhere when he was born) so to me that’s a good sign he is getting a good amount of milk.
Latch is ok, bit painful on one side but nothing too bad.
My question is could my milk have come in with no engorgement or leaking? I can hear him swallowing loudly, my breasts are tender & definitely larger but not engorged ... strangely I haven’t leaked at all! This is really bizarre as I leaked like a tap last time round, it was everywhere constantly for a long time (weeks or even months!).
Could I have got really lucky 3rd time round or do I still need to wait for the dreaded engorgement? It’s was only day 2 when the milk possibly ‘came in’ so perhaps too early?
I’d love to hear any previous experiences, I’m hoping this is it 