Anyone successfully relactated??

[SummerRayne17]

Hi. I stopped BF my little girl at 6 weeks old and really regret it :( she is 11 weeks old now and I want so much to start feeding her again (formula making her very constipated).

Does anyone here have any successful relactation stories or tips/advice?

I have read that you need to try to express 8 times in 24hrs, to try and rebuild milk supply.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

I'm a bit disappointed that after a call and email to LLL support, I have received no response :(

Aren't they volunteers?

Ok, try the NCT helpline.

Or the National Breastfeeding Helpline: 0300 100 0212

Well, my pump arrived yesterday but my 'high needs baby' won't even allow me any time to use it! Everytime she falls asleep, i put her down to try and despite being sound asleep, she wakes up and cries for me. If i put her in her bouncer, she just cries to come out again (btw my lo goes from 0-100 on the cry-ometer within seconds no matter what she wants...since day 1!) feel so gutted and frustrated. She literally won't allow me to do this, ive got zero chance of succeeding! :((
I can't even get 15 mins every 2-3hrs, im lucky to get 5 minutes to pee!

My hubby works nights and so isn't around and then is in bed for a lot of the day. I have no support to take her off me for what i need to succeed. So thats £47 down the drain. Looks like we are going to have to remain on formula.
Im so mad at myself for stopping bf in the first place!

Sigh

summer when baby cries put baby on one boob and pump or hand express on the other.

Try hand expression, any time you've got even 5 minutes, even 2 minutes.

I found trying to have a routine - feed, settle baby, pump, clean pump, repeat every 2 hours - impossible .

Just keep putting baby to breast and expressing when you can.

Some days go better than others.
Sometimes you have to give up and give a bottle.

Just make sure at every feed baby goes on breast first even if just for 30 secs and express when you can, how you can and for however long.

In 2 or 3 weeks you could be back to bf or at least mixed feeding.

I found the night feed was the first to come back. So within a couple of weeks I had maybe 2 feeds that were just bf no suplement and it just builds from there.

Google 'baby lullaby' and you'll find videos on YouTube with music and like a swirly fractal pattern.

Stick little one in bouncer put this on while you express.

Good luck x

Will baby look at the TV in the bouncer? It won't do any harm and may distract long enough for you to have a go.
Let's break this down into manageable achievable goals.

1. Make milk
2. Replace one formula feed with either breast or EBM.
3. Replace two formula feeds.
4. Replace three formula feeds.

Etc. Don't stress if there are weeks between each goal being achieved. I think you're getting overwhelmed with the final goal of exclusive breastfeeding.

Oh, that sounds so hard and I remember it well - DS1 was a velcro baby who cried unless held for the first year of his life... I still shudder at the memory (he is 14....).

I hope you have heard back from LLL or maybe consider a private lactation consultant if you are able to access such a thing?

You may benefit from a 'babymoom', you know, just you and baby as near naked as you can stand it in bed together for a week or so, offering boob whenever she opens her beak .
Again, I don't know how realistic that is for you - you have an older child too, don't you?
Can you rope some help in, ideally have him stay with friends or grandparents for a bit??

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