sorry i feel like i am always whinging on here...
to cut a long story as short as poss, dd was born quite small, 2nd bottom centile. she tracked it for about 5 weeks, then dropped weight a little bit and went down to the bottom centile (0.4th). Cue much pressure from HV to change to formula, finally agreed to top-ups which i did for a few days then stopped.
i know that hv is a muppet re bf-ing - gems of info/advice have included
- she's too small to have a very strong suck
- a lot of mums find their milk dries up at 5 weeks
she keeps commenting on my "bf-ing problems" although she's never once watched me feed or offered advice on it.
thankfully i got in touch with the BfN, and through them the BF advisor from our maternity unit. They have helped me enormously with my latch, and with assuring me that DD is ok.
dd is 10 weeks now and i had to take her to get weighed today (ok i know i don't have to go, but i am a 1st timer and scared in case she has lost weight again). she has gained a little weight, tracking the bottom centile, and jumped another one (3rd jump) in length.
HV STILL going on about top-ups, she clearly thinks I'm mad for only bf-ing. she is conferring with the gp (who last week again advised formula and has referred us to paeds) and calling me back, no doubt to tell me again to go on formula.
i am hacked off and so demoralised.
aarg.