Will hopefully finish post before baby wakes...here goes!
DS3 12 days old and b/f. Weight at birth 7.15lbs. Was doing well. Lost 7% of his birthweight, midwife had no concerns.
Midwife returned 2 days later, he had only put on 10 grams in those 2 days, she told me that he should be putting on 20grams a day and that she would come out to weigh him again today. New midwife came out today, lovely woman. DS hadn't put on any weight which i am in total shock about (and had a good cry about in front of m/w too) as he produces wet/dirty nappies, sleeps well and seemed to be ok.
baby awake...sorry for typos
am now obviously worried, it seems that ds is falling asleep too often when supposedly feeding and using me for comfort more than a feed. i have m/w visit again tomorrow, b/f clinic thursday and GP friday.
Feeling shattered and bit of a failure, mainly because i was so sure he was thriving and what i thought was cluster feeding was just ds enjoying being at breast. Also feeling guilty about time spet with him while ds's are being entertained with others, only so many books u can rad with them
Any advice/previous experience?
Is back on now and looking asleep!