looking for some advice please. I had my gorgeous DS 8 days ago, but from the start he doesn't seem to want to feed from me. In hospital I had to express and give him formula for some feeds.
Eventually on day 3 I was able to get help from a midwife who helped me get him to latch, but it's really intermittent if he'll feed from me or not. After fear of dehydration got me to give him some more formula, I've been expressing and trying to offer the breast as well. Today he's taken 1 full feed from me (20 minutes) and a couple of attempts (feeding for less than 5 minutes). The rest has been expressed milk, but am now so exhausted if he doesn't take a feed in the next half hour when it's need due, I'm going to FF. He's often very angry when offered my breast, but calm and happy with a bottle (whatever's in it).
He was a forceps birth and we've been at the cranial osteopath today (midwife suggested this might help).
Any suggestions / advice would be really welcome. I don't want to move on to full formula feeding, but can't see how this can last with me spending so much time expressing and not caring for him when DH goes back to work.