Breastfeeding struggling to latch

[Bmarie]

Hi everyone

DD is 8 weeks old, she has had absolutely no issues what so ever with latching, I feed her on both breasts each feed and right from birth she latched well straight away, she has one formula in the evening and has never had any issue with switching between the two and her dummy

She has her first vaccinations on Thursday and since then I have been really struggling to get her to latch she is just refusing and crying for a good 5 minutes before i eventually get her to latch on

Is this normal for her to just start this 8 weeks in? Any tips to help latching?

Thank you 💗

I'm hoping to bump this for you! But while we wait, is she still feeling a little poorly from the vaccine? Any sign of a temperature? You've probably already tried this but to tempt her manually release some milk from your nipple. Is she still accepting bottle or is it just breast she's currently refusing? I always consulted Kellymom website when I had struggles, may be worth a look. Good luck, keep persisting if that's what you want, don't give up hope I'm sure it's just a blip.

How are things going today?

@Phoenix76 thank you! She wasn't feeling poorly/temp even on the vaccination day, just a little sleepy etc the Thursday and Friday which was why I found it so strange, she's always just latched... I didn't try the bottle with her when she was refusing I didn't want her to start refusing me for a bottle as i really want To continue breast for as long as poss

She's been much better today (touch wood) I'm wondering whether the vaccination and extra sleeping just knocked her off her normal patterns and made her frustrated.. we have had a couple of feeds where she hasn't wanted to latch but I have managed to coax her into it thankfully!!

Thank you both! xx
@Phoenix76
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Sorry posting again for a bit of advice! Dd seemed fine the past couple of days but it seems we're going backwards again, she's latching a lot better now however she latches for 39 seconds or so and then pulls away or will feed for 10 mins but is still hungry(she's chewing her hands after and not settling etc) so I thought I'd try just now when I know she's due a feed: tried to breastfeed, latched and then pulled away I tried on both breasts but she just wasn't suckling so I tried a bottle, she accepted straight away any tips on how to stop this as I really want to continue breastfeeding if poss? Xx

Is there a Bfing support group you can get to @Bmarie or have you thought of calling one of the Bfing Helplines?

Yes definitely contact a breast feeding support group/helpline. Is there anyway you can spend some time with baby, preferably in bed just focusing on bf? The problem I found is that the more I gave her a bottle the harder it was to get her back to breast. Ime they develop "nipple preference" in that it's much easier for them to get milk out of a bottle as it was less "work". It may not be ideal (extra work) but maybe consider pumping to keep your milk supply up while you get support for the latching. I'm not 100% on when they start this now but she may be cluster feeding ready to ramp up your supply and they can seem very fussy when going through this which can be misunderstood as not getting enough from breast. Try to remain calm, it is not uncommon and make that phone call, you may have a number to call for the maternity unit on the notes you were allowed to retain, my midwives left me the number for my bf support line and I believe it was a 24 hour. I got the most anxious in the early hours which is also very common. You're doing great, one step at a time, keep offering her your breast even if she's not hungry as that will stimulate supply too. Good luck.

Thank you so much @Phoenix76 xx