2 week old losing weight

[clairerow7]

As the title says...
She is breastfed as and when she needs a feed and for however long she needs a feed.
Midwife says she is perfect and if it wasn't for the scales all would be fine with her...
I now need to express and give her 30ml after each feed!
Anyone else go/going through the same thing??

Yes exactly the same!its exhausting isn't it?

Absolutely is!!
Even the midwife was stumped as to why. We have the breastfeeding ladies out to us Sunday to check on things.
Maybe we just have slow gainers?! I hate these growth patterns babies have to meet. They're all so different

In short yes. Not to worry you but we ended up in hospital over a long weekend.

It turned out that DW was producing just enough to stop DS becoming dehydrated/jaundiced but not enough to gain weight despite marathon feeding sessions.

A switch to formula solved the problem, but it was shaky for a while with it taking a bit for the formula to kick in.

With both my babies my supply was low at the start. They were seemingly feeding just fine and obviously getting just enough to keep them going, but they weren’t putting on weight.

We topped up with expressed milk and formula and strictly fed every 2 hours. It was awful, but it did work after a week or so and my DD is now breast fed apart from one bottle per day.

Slow gains are one thing but actually losing weight is a real worry. I'd see a GP to check her over.

She might not be transferring milk effectively. Has she been checked for a tongue tie? (It’s been a few years since I breastfed, but those are things I remember from my sessions with the bf counsellor. Hope they get you sorted on Sunday.

My cheeky chunky baby was force fed in hospital because he'd lost too much weight apparently after only 4 days old. It was an awful experience. We were on a strict 3 hourly feeding regime. Breastfeed then top up with expressed milk via a tube and then a top up of formula. Then while he slept this off i had to expess. By the time i had finished that it was time to breastfeed again. My poor DS was permanently asleep and wouldn't wake up to feed and I just felt like a dairy cow.
So my advice would be to combination feed your baby to avoid what we went through. Breastfeed, top up with formula then when the weight is gained and your milk is flowing nicely reduce the formula. It's just a temporary measure to avoid hospital. Good luck OP.

Good luck OP. We have a tongue tie op tomorrow which we hope will make a difference but it is tough going in the meantime. Message me on here if you want any moral support.. being a new mummy is really hard!

Thank you all so much!
Slightly worried about the hospital admission 😔
I have tried to express tonight but no luck with the manual pump... I did hand express a tiny amount but not the 30ml they want! We have been advised to keep trying to express and if no lunch by tomorrow to get some formula for her.
All in all she is very strong and healthy. It's so frustrating when you can't see what they are getting or not getting as the case may be

I hope there's some kind of back story here and you're not just belittling another parent's experience and insulting them for no reason Everyone?

She is losing... 😔
We have the experts out tomorrow. Was supposed to be today but they can't get to us in the snow!
I'm now switch feeding, topping up with formula... massaging breasts when she feeds. I will have an electric pump bought tomorrow and I need to express each side after every feed to boost my milk supply.
We're also having general health checks done to make sure she is all ok, heart, tongue tie etc.
I'm feeling positive but also hoping it's not too much and I'm stuck feeding or expressing. Good thing, I had a c-section so I can't get out and about anyway!

They're also checking her latch etc

DS1 had lots of weight issues so I feel you, it was really exhausting! We found out that he had a posterior tongue tie and had it snipped at 3 weeks old - gave it a few weeks but his weight gain didn’t improve, probably because he had never learned to feed efficiently / my supply hadn’t been built up enough despite feeding 12 times a day on demand. We supplemented with formula from ca 6 weeks, but I did keep pumping and freezing breastmilk whenever he had formula and a few months later, after he had started solids, we phased out the formula and gave him expressed BM for his bottle feed. There’s nothing wrong with combi feeding, but you might want to find out if there’s any underlying issue such as tongue tie (which can also affect their speech later on). It sounds like you’re doing everything you can. Good luck!

Any update OP?

We have now as of yesterday switched her to formula.
I couldn't cope anymore, I was expected to express after every feed both breast for 20 minutes plus formula top ups to try and boost my milk supply. It was hard going with barely time to rest.
I was getting stressed, upset and I just didn't want to feed her anymore.
I felt so guilty for switching but I know now we made the right decision.
What kind of a Mum would I be if I start to resent my own baby?!
Happy, Mum, Dad and a very happy and content baby girl.

Bless you OP 💐 you do what's best for all of you.