purplehippy
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My eldest is 4 this august, she was bottlefed as my milk didn't come in til after the first week, there were probs, I was stressed etc.
Daisy is 12 days old and I'm demand breastfeeding. I'm so proud of myself for doing it, and getting it 'right' so quick.
I feel overwhelmed by how demanding she is.
But it's a little early to express for a bottle though we've tried, she isn't interested (nor with a dummy, so she also sucks for comfort).
I've got a sling and want to learn how to feed her while she's in it, as I am an impatient person who hates staying still and is getting more and more weepy with the amount of things she's restricting me from.
I've wished so hard that I would have another baby, and that I would be able to breastfeed, and bearing in mind her birth didn't go as naturally as originally planned (needed early inducing for my and her health, and needed an epidural due to chronically unbearable 0-10cm dilation in an hour), it'd be nice for this to go right for me and for Daisy to have the benefits.
I am happy to express if the need arises, but she even had her tongue-tie fixed the day she was born, to help her feed from me. Seems a shame to have had that done (not that she even noticed) for me to put her on bottles, even if it is expressed milk.
But I feel drained in the boob, from lack of sleep, and very very down from having to sit there for hours, feeding. I'm lucky she's having a solid sleep now, or I'd not be able to write this - not that it's easy to get online, my OH has been glued to it since his paternity started, we haven't got a wireless router.
Does or has anyone else felt like this? Does anyone have any advice re the sling-feeding or anything else? I may not be able to check this again til tomorrow, but please do say something if you can help!
Yours empty-boobedly,
Purplehippy
Daisy is 12 days old and I'm demand breastfeeding. I'm so proud of myself for doing it, and getting it 'right' so quick.
I feel overwhelmed by how demanding she is.
But it's a little early to express for a bottle though we've tried, she isn't interested (nor with a dummy, so she also sucks for comfort).
I've got a sling and want to learn how to feed her while she's in it, as I am an impatient person who hates staying still and is getting more and more weepy with the amount of things she's restricting me from.
I've wished so hard that I would have another baby, and that I would be able to breastfeed, and bearing in mind her birth didn't go as naturally as originally planned (needed early inducing for my and her health, and needed an epidural due to chronically unbearable 0-10cm dilation in an hour), it'd be nice for this to go right for me and for Daisy to have the benefits.
I am happy to express if the need arises, but she even had her tongue-tie fixed the day she was born, to help her feed from me. Seems a shame to have had that done (not that she even noticed) for me to put her on bottles, even if it is expressed milk.
But I feel drained in the boob, from lack of sleep, and very very down from having to sit there for hours, feeding. I'm lucky she's having a solid sleep now, or I'd not be able to write this - not that it's easy to get online, my OH has been glued to it since his paternity started, we haven't got a wireless router.
Does or has anyone else felt like this? Does anyone have any advice re the sling-feeding or anything else? I may not be able to check this again til tomorrow, but please do say something if you can help!
Yours empty-boobedly,
Purplehippy