Evening all.
im just looking for some support really please, and some reassurance where possible, as I am so emotional right now. My baby was born Sunday evening ant 37+1, induced Labour due to gestational diabetes. All went well. I exclusively breastfed, we went home Monday pm.
Baby has become increasingly unsettled, crying lots, constantly wanting feeding, not sleeping - I have fed him for as long as he wants whenever he wants. My milk only came in Wednesday early hours. My boobs have become so sore, the other day he clamped down on one and it bled. I decided to feed off the left one and let the bad one heal up. Midwife visited and told me I either need to feed him from sore boob which will be fine, or pump from it, to stop them getting too full. I fed him from the bad boob and I was in agony, crying and bleeding.
this morning baby was vomiting blood, we called an ambulance; the hospital tested my milk and confirmed it had blood in it (even though we couldn’t see it) so he had ingested blood from that day I fed him from it. They also found that he is dehydrated. We have been given a feeding plan.
i can no longer breastfeed him because I am so, so sore and he obviously isn’t getting any of my milk through, I don’t know why because I’m easily able to express. I feel like I have failed him.