Have been trying to start this thread all day. Have an 8 day old ds, who was born via section. We were discharged on day 2 and sent back on day 5 due t his jaundice and having lost 13.5% of his birth weight. We stayed in overnight under phototherapy lamps and came home Sunday. All good so far.
Have 2 other dcs, we had lovely day yesterday chilled out at home, taking baby for first walk etc. He is breast fed, and yesterday I felt had really got into my stride with it- he was more alert, content, feeding well etc. He then had a brilliant night where we could actually put him down and even got a bit of sleep. Have previously bf dd for 11m so quite happy that I knew what I was doing.
ANYWAY community midwife comes out to day and basically bollcks me for pretty much everything. My positioning was wrong, latch was wrong- I was even winding him wrong ffs.Her manner was v abrupt and I felt gutted. She said I should offer both breasts at each feed and then express too. Baby should have 20-30 mins on one breast to empty it, then a bit of the other side. Also I should not feed more than 3 hourly as it takes 2 hrs for the breast to refill. I had been feeding on demand which seemed to be working. She even moved the pillows as I was not supporting myself properly
As yet I have not been able to express after feeding as feeds are taking longer and ds is wanting to feed more than the set 3 hours.
Anyway feeling really down and low in confidence, I thought I had it right this time. Does any/all of this sound right? It wasn't what I thought I knew about breast feeding. She has inferred I must get his weight up or he will be readmitted. Feel a very shit mum indeed