Breastfeeding/Lactation Consultant

((HUGS)) mama!

There is DEFINITEY hope on the 4th day! Have you worked with an LC at all?

Are you swaddling baby at all? If you're having lathcing issues this early, you NEED to not use a paci. That is just going ot confuse her. Can you explain more about her 'being stressed'? How often is/was she nursing when you first got home?

Do you have lots of help with your other kids...can you have a few hours JUST with baby so you two can work on nursing?

I really, really encourage you to work with an LC immediate. Is that possible? Follow up, okay?

 

I had the same issue with my son - he is now almost 10 weeks old - and he is just starting to get more from the breast. He rfused the breast for 4 weeks straight. Then I could get him to latch once in a while and not suck very well. Then he was latching almost every time, but barely transferring any milk. Just in the last few days he started transferring between 2 and 2.5 ounces each time (I have a baby weigh scale from my LC). This is HUGE progress for us. One time (2 days ago) he transferred 4.2 ounces while I pumped on the other side. I hope that your trials don't take as long as mine has - I am still not fully BFing - still pumping to supplement, but I can finally see some light at the end of the tunnel - I HOPE.

HAve your daughter checked for tongue tie - this can make for a lousy, weak suck. Just keep trying her at the breast and do lots of skin to skin. If you can avoid supplementing with bottles that would be best. You could finger feed, syringe feed, or cup feed. I made the mistake of bottles on day 6 and that is when he wouldn't take the breast at all for 4 weeks.

Hang in there - most babies will figure this out. I met a woman on line who worked at it for 4.5 months when her baby finally started nursing. I am hoping that we will be fully nursing by 3 months - God willing.

peace, nora

well -

two weeks later and im pumping exclusively she won't take me!

today I tried again and my mom laughed because she was making a face like she was horrified about putting "nipple" in her mouth!

Actually, the first week would have been a mess anyhow. For some weird reason, my blood pressure skyrocketed and i ended up on medicine. Now, its fine but my milk supply is decreasing i feel like. I am going to increase pump times tomorrow, but it sucks. I was doing like 6oz (3 ea side) per pump now i get 3oz out of both per pump.

do you think its the hydrochlorthiozide??? they put me on? I lost 6 pounds of fluid in two days. sigh.

As far as help, yes my mom was so helpful. My husband went to a conference and he is back tomorrow and she came to help again. And my kids have been so awesome! even my two yr old....so grown up.

I just want to breastfeed and go back to sleep. as it is, i feed her, get up and pump, try to burp her and back down. Whole thing takes over and hour. it sucks. I'm feel like I'm not gonna be successful this time. It makes me feel sad. I would like to bond with her, but love is from my heart not my boob.

I'm going to pick up mother milk tea tomorrow and see if that helps some. I never had "suppply" issues when i wasn't "looking" at my milk in a bottle. I do have four huge freezer bags full of milk. In fact I can't put any more in the freezer as it won't fit. So, once it is gone its gone i guess. I started putting in the fridge too. But we are hving to toss now.

Ok - well i'll take advice you can give. I did talk to a lactation consultant who suggessted my daughter was stressed. She hates being wrapped up tight and she isn't stressed. Hopefully this week i'll try to offer it again. She is "trying" to take me but keeps sticking her toungue out. she is not tongue tied i asked the pediatrician and my first daughter actually was and she doesn't look like that at all.

I'm clueless. She is however, back up to birthweight (as of yesterday) 6.1 lbs so that is good news! My boobs are good for something :)

Thanks for the hugs and support. Oh i have a really good medela pump too.

Hi there-

Yay on getting baby to birthweight!

There is certainly nothing wrong with your milk supply. 3 oucnes is still more than most women get. She should only need about 24 ounces of milk in a 24 hour period, so pumping 8x should get you what you need.

How many times are you pumping?

Is there ar eason that DH can't give her a bottle or two overnight so you can sleep?

 

My dh helps me like he feeds and i pump but I only wake him once or twice. I feel like I should be able to handle it since I'm the "homemaker" lol.

i get her to latch she will eat for a little bit then choke terribly then she may latch once more only on the right side then she will get frantic and scream. I give her bottle happy.

Dh keeps having me "offer" it to her, but she doesn't like it.

She's a month today.

As far as pumping, I seem to be pumping three oz each pump at least but that is off of both sides, but I know that I can get her to suck way more than that because I get more "let downs". I can't seem to get more than one ea side on the pump. I think it "numbs' my nipples????

That prob makes no sense huh. Oh well. I am feeling better and she is getting a schedule finally yea! She wakes every 2-2.5 hrs but is starting to go right back to sleep.

She has a ton of gas, but is handling that fine too. So, other than latching I shouldn't be complaining I know. I just feel a lack of a connection between her and the way i was with my two yr old now. But my 2 yr old was aperfect nurser. Kwim? I love this little button, but it isn't the same somehow. But her dad is closer to her cuz he gets lots of opportunities (more than me) to feed her as when he is around I pump while she eats. So every time she eats I keep up with her that way.