Noor~ul~Usman
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Bascially my little one can't seem to latch on properly and gets so stressed out about it if he doesn't get it the first or second time that he goes bright red, screams non stop and his whole body goes into spazams until you clam him down and rock him off to sleep
Because of this we got kept in 3 nights in hospital whilst they ran blood tests to make sure there wasn't any other reason for his behaviour. I resorted to bottle feeding for 24hrs because a) I was so worried that he'd hardly had anything to eat for so long and b) because it was the only way to proove to staff that he WOULD feed if they discharged us.
It worked but since getting him home he only bf'd for me 3 times (3 times for me in hospital and maybe another 4 times prior to that with midwives forcing him on me - most of their attempts were unsuccessful - as were mine) He used to come off really easily so they weren't long feeds and I spent most of the time painfully engorged
I bottle fed completely for another 48hrs and then bought a pump and tried expressing (nobody had really suggested it to me so it just suddenly clicked that it was an option ). I got quite a lot off and fed him that but then the next 2 days I just didn't fill up again By now he was a week old. I managed to get 1 ounce in total all day and by the second day I was quite sore.....so I gave up I knew there was no way he could survive on 1 ounce a day.
I am under a little bit of unintentional pressure to continue trying to bf from 1 or 2 friends who are just worried about the babies health but to be honest it's more that I really had my heart set on expressing when I got the pump and it's broken my spirit that I only got to use it properly for one day
Well it's been just over 2 weeks since I gave up and my breasts have reduced back to normal but I'm still leaking a little bit.
I felt kind of foolish but I tried expressing again yesterday because my boobs had been sore for the last 48+ hours.....and I still got off 1 ounce all day.....so the supply is the same as it was 2 weeks ago
I know that it's a pitiful amount though and wanted to know if there was anything I could do to get it up more????
Baby is just changing up from 4oz a feed to 5oz a feed but at least if I could express 1 feed of natural a day I would do it to keep his immune system boosted a bit more
He's not fussy with contents of a bottle. He takes formula, natural and even water all in his stride with no fuss
Because of this we got kept in 3 nights in hospital whilst they ran blood tests to make sure there wasn't any other reason for his behaviour. I resorted to bottle feeding for 24hrs because a) I was so worried that he'd hardly had anything to eat for so long and b) because it was the only way to proove to staff that he WOULD feed if they discharged us.
It worked but since getting him home he only bf'd for me 3 times (3 times for me in hospital and maybe another 4 times prior to that with midwives forcing him on me - most of their attempts were unsuccessful - as were mine) He used to come off really easily so they weren't long feeds and I spent most of the time painfully engorged
I bottle fed completely for another 48hrs and then bought a pump and tried expressing (nobody had really suggested it to me so it just suddenly clicked that it was an option ). I got quite a lot off and fed him that but then the next 2 days I just didn't fill up again By now he was a week old. I managed to get 1 ounce in total all day and by the second day I was quite sore.....so I gave up I knew there was no way he could survive on 1 ounce a day.
I am under a little bit of unintentional pressure to continue trying to bf from 1 or 2 friends who are just worried about the babies health but to be honest it's more that I really had my heart set on expressing when I got the pump and it's broken my spirit that I only got to use it properly for one day
Well it's been just over 2 weeks since I gave up and my breasts have reduced back to normal but I'm still leaking a little bit.
I felt kind of foolish but I tried expressing again yesterday because my boobs had been sore for the last 48+ hours.....and I still got off 1 ounce all day.....so the supply is the same as it was 2 weeks ago
I know that it's a pitiful amount though and wanted to know if there was anything I could do to get it up more????
Baby is just changing up from 4oz a feed to 5oz a feed but at least if I could express 1 feed of natural a day I would do it to keep his immune system boosted a bit more
He's not fussy with contents of a bottle. He takes formula, natural and even water all in his stride with no fuss