Hello everyone my name is Tarrah and I am new here. I am the mother of an 20 day old lil girl. This is my first child and while this is all new to me, I am not new to children in general. I am having some issues in the begining with my hind milk not coming in for almost two weeks, so she dropped some weight. Which scared me to death. The Doctor said I couldn't BF anymore, that I would have to pump, and compensate for the lack of hind milk for the moment with formula. Well needless to say that stressed me out so much that I was counting the drops of milk that fell into the bottles during pumping. Which in turn stressed me out more. I have had a hard time trying to keep my milk up since she isn't feeding off of them, I do put her on them so we have our bonding time, and I pump every other feeding for the moment since, I wasn't producing anything more then an Half an ounce from each breast at every feeding. Its very frustrating, Im not at all sure what to do and not sure if an LC could help me, when she doesn't have a problem latching.
Hi Tarrah, My name is Megan and i am also new to the site. I read your post and just felt like I had to write something about my own experience. I almost had the same problem with a little twist. When my baby was born she wasn't breathing and had to be in the NICU for the first 3 weeks of her life. (She is now a perfect 3 month old!) But I had to pump the whole time she was in there to just keep my milk going. And when she came home she refused to breastfeed at all and only wanted a bottle, so I told myself I would keep pumping for at least a year since breast milk is best. I noticed when she was 2 1/2 months old that my milk supply was seriously slowing down, which of course stressed me out and didn't help matters at all. In an attempt to get back up my supply I was pumping every two hours for two days when I realized it wasn't helping any. I figured I would just try to get her to breastfeed again since the last time I tried it shot my supply up a great deal. Whatever it was she decided that would be the time she would latch on perfectly and eat a full meal off both sides! I was shocked and couldn't figure out what was different this time than all the other times. I realized it was because I was so relaxed and wasn't putting any pressure on her or myself to get it down. She has been breastfeeding ever since and now refuses her bottles. All this to say, just relax and don't stress out about it. The more you stress the more she can't relax to breastfeed. It will happen if you just give her time and most of all give your time. It took my baby 2 1/2 months to get it after I had completely given up. She is only 20 days old and is still getting the feel of you and her surroundings. Take a deep breath and try not to worry. You have everything your baby girl needs to not only survive but to thrive as a new little person. And sometimes doctors don't know everything. The doctors told me my baby girl wouldn't breastfeed if we waited longer than 6 weeks after her being home and another doctor told me that even if by some miracle she did breastfeed that she would still most likely need bottled breastmilk to complete a whole feeding. It's most important to relax and just let it happen when she is ready. I hope this helps!
www.drjacknewman.com He can give you a lot of help. Seriously thoughSTUPID DUMB ASS DOCTORS. How dare they. You are fine. Most likely the latch isnt great and that's why baby isn't getting the hind milk. Fix the latch and the baby will nurse better and get it all. Plus you can hand squeeze your breast gently and while baby is nursing to help her get some more. Also if you pump the opposite breast while you nurse you'll have an easier time getting milk out. The baby makes you have a let down and this is what gets the milk out. That's what I did to get milk out for my sons cereal. Just keep at it. Your baby will not starve as long as you nurse her whenever she asks for it. My son in the beginning would nurse for 5 - 10 min at a time every hour and he is a little buddha. You can do it!!
keep nursing her as much as possible and pump after u nurse her...BF is supply and demand....but if u want to talk to the LC here they have live forums on tues and thurs's
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