Breast Feeding Boost Please

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Can I have a bit of morale boost please, sorry for the very selfish me, me, me post but its wearing me a bit today.

DD is 11 days and everything is going great really - no problems with latch or soreness and she was weighed for first time today and has gone fro 6lb 6oz at birth to 7lb 0.5oz today so obviously that is great BUT she is wanting to feed permanently - thats normal right?

I think Ive found it extra difficult last couple of days as DH had to go away for a funeral so Ive been on my own with 3 kids for first time and feel I cant divide myself in enough pieces to meet everyones needs!

Is she developing bad snacking habits? Should she be going longer between feeds? Can I build in any structure yet (tho god knows how I could

I have no intention of stopping but just feel a bit....I dont know....wrung out I suppose!

Oh and boobs arent feeing full at all - is this because supply is matching demand now?

Pecka it will pass, promise! You did well last night, the feeding frenzy will have stimulated loads of milk production - remind yourself that all the feeding is telling your body to make loads of milk and keep your baby's tummy full! You'll be just fine next week, try not to worry about it and just let the milk flooow!

Ok we're in this together it will get better (I hope!)
It's that feeling of utter exhaustion when they are feeding all through the night that's a killer. There's been plenty of tears (mine) during those feeds. I'm eating for England too otherwise I feel really light headed and my water consumption is ridiculous. I have a huge sports bottle next to me for every feed as the minute he latches on I am thirsty! My mw came out this morning and he's put on 10 oz in a week which is reassuring.

ALL i have done today is feed.

i cant remember it being quite like this with ds??

Pecka - my DS - now 8 weeks, was a real snacker for the first few weeks, but has much bigger gaps now between feeds, though it still feels like I'm glued to the sofa in the evening when he tends to cluster feed before going to bed. It will pass - and you muct have yummy milk that's what i tell myself when DS just wants to feed (it justifies that extra bar of chocolate!!

wonder if this is coinciding with my baby blues as im not coping well with it today

feel down in the dumps.

dh just bought me some lunch up and i ended up breaking down because she doesnt stop feeding of crying long enough for me to even eat

now just had ar ow with dh as he said i should consider bottles if im finding bf so hard - she is only 2 weeks old fgs!¬

Oh Pecka you poor soul - hopefully by the time you read this you're feeling much better.

As you've said yourself, she's still so very tiny, it will get easier with time although I know it is so hard just now.

It's maybe a growth spurt in which case by now you must be almost at the other side of it.

Oh Pecka, it's horrible when you feel like you will never have enough milk in the world to satisfy them!

But it does get better, I promise, really. My ds is nine months now and to get him to feed I actually have to take him upstairs & lie him down on the bed, he's so distractable and everything is just too interesting... gone are those days, where I could just latch him on and he'd stay there forever and you know something I used to hate it at the time but now... now I miss it, I really do.

I know it is so easy to say, but can you look for the positives in this permafeeding? This will be the last time you'll be able to watch a film all the way through for sure.

Huge {{{{hugs}}}}} to you; you're doing so well. This might well just be a growth spurt you know, and will settle down again in a day or two.

Pecka re: your dh, I think some men want to help by giving solutions rather than sympathy. I'm sure he means well, he sees you knackered and fed up and genuinely thinks the bottles are the solution.

I think what Im finding is a huge shock is that this is my third baby but the first to make me feel that Im not coping!

I was very lucky with the other 2 - can never remember them being so demanding and both used to settle themselves to sleep so this is all a very steep learning curve!

Im starting to dread tonight even though this afternoon I have felt a bit better in that I have been able to embrace her constant feeding.

Dh, bless him has been a star so I can forgive him his earlier insensitive comment !

I have re-read hunkers blog and that has made me feel better - I just need to go with the flow.

Felt so desperate and upset earlier, felt I would never cope with this but it is (for now) back in perspective!

Pecka, you're bound to feel a bit less in control as, unlike your first, or even your second, this time you've a new baby and two other dc's to look after! I think you're doing a top job.

Just a thought, have you considered co-sleeping? I really found it a godsend with the night feeding. Ds still feeds during the night, but I wake up most mornings feeling like I've had a decent night's sleep.

Pecka you are doing a great job - better than me. Yes, I succombed to the bottle. Initially I was doing very well with the expressing and BFing (DD latches on well, no nipple problems) but yes, she also had a growth spurt at this time. Plus, when my HV came she said I was overfeeding DD so then I tried not to....anyway, I just got in a mess and have started formula feeding. And I feel like she looks at me and wonders why she's not on my breast and I am feeling very guilty. Please, try and keep it up, not a nice feeling giving up. POWER THROUGH!!

Congratulations on the new baby! Sounds's like you're doing a fantastic job. Hope you manage to stick at it and keep coming on here for support. (Only read op)

How are you today Pecka? My baby seems to have a cold now! How the hell can he have a bloody cold when i'm breast feeding I thought that would give him immunity. I'm starting to become very disillusioned.

pecka, just wanted to say congrats and i hgope you are feeling a little brighter today. you are doing such a great job, it's hard enough bfing a baby, let alone having two other to look after.

it will get easier!

ledodgy, bfing won't stop your baba from getting ill at all but your bm will have antibodies in it which will help the lo deal with the cold, hope lo feels better soon

still feeding relentlessly

hasbeeonfor this "feed" since5.30pm

feelingbit weepy....

Ooooh Pecka sorry you're having such a hard time. I remember the joys of cluster feeding frenzies.

Just loads of sympathy and hang-on-in-there-it-will-pass vibes.

why am i finding it so hard

im SO pro bf, im a fucking doula for gods sake

yet im sitting here fighting back tears

feels like she is just not settled

I think it must be their age Pecka, maybe a growth spurt? Ds has been cluster feeding most of today as well I keep telling myself it's just a stage but god it's hard isn't it?

I feel like i've hardly spoken or spent time with my other two I haven't even been able to have dinner with them since he's been born as he's always feeding at dinner time (even when we've eaten earlier or later!) so i'm stuck on the couch again with my bf pillow which is making me too hot, I ache all over and want some normality back.....

Be comforted that i'm here experiencing the same thing.

oh it does help knowing that ledodgy - i feel awful on the other two feel like ive sidestepped out of their lives!

god help us all next week when im on my own

I know i'm dreading Monday. We have to leave at around 8.35 to take dd to school which will be just about doable if ds2 has a feed which finished at 8am like this morning but if it goes on any later i'll just have to not feed him until we get back which means he'll be screaming in the pram all the way there and back. Then i've got the same worry at 3pm not to mention what the hell i'm going to do with ds1 who incedently has got very used to his daddy being at home and I know will be a nightmare when he realises he's going back to work!

hi! just wanted to say my baby was the same, im first time mum and coldn't understand why at six days old she spent THREE hours attatched to my very sore boobies, but i carried on and it does settle down!
as far as slings go ive got a padded freedom pouch sling and it enables hands free breast feeding and is recommended by mid wives.
website is www.freedomsling.co.uk
hope all carries on well x

Had bloody horrendous night, half hour feeds throughout.

I have a feeling something not exactly right and Im thinking it might be reflux (my DS had it but at a later stage)

Looked up some symptoms and she seems to have a fair few

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Might it be worth phoning one of the advice lines?

Sorry can't help more, wriggly baby on knee

thanks iaterosemary

Mathilda has been absolute angel baby today and has eaten at roughly 3 hourly intervals and slept in between

I have been conscious of keeping her upright after feeds etc

suppose can only see what tonight brings!!!

its the hours and hours of constant feedings, squirminess and her discomfort that drags me down

oh and the nil sleep of course

not helped today that dh has MANFLU and is complaining loudly about it!!!