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STRESS'N OUT!!!
Posted On 03/09/2008 13:41:05 by mexi
ok so my baby girl 9weeks..is good weight...i'm bf and i do give her a top of bottle but with breast milk at night for her last feeding..of 2 oz. it's been working great but a few weeks ago she started to get really fussy on the breast...she'd take one side good but then when i switched her she'd fuss...so i saw my LC and she said i may have a fast let down..and once the let down stop and my flow is slow she gets frustrated..so i didn't give up i kept trying and trying and somedays are really good..no problems..but others OMG i just want to cry...she doesn't stop crying and crying when i try to bf....today is one of them...she was when she woke up this morning for her feeding and then after 3 hours which she started to cry that she was hungry i tried to bf...and it began..crying crying crying...i try and give her a soother to calm her down because she gets so mad...once she's relaxed and mommy too i try again...sometimes it works but today it didn't....so i tried about 3 times..in seperate ocasions...within 30 mins...i'd calm her down and try again...4 hours went my of her not eating so i knew she was hungry...so i gave in and gave her some breastmilk in a bottle....so she was happy..she slept and now i'm waiting for the next feeding...which is soon ...i pray everyday that today is a good day..i don't want to give up but it stresses me out soooo much when she doesn't take my breast..she starts to suck but then freaks out!..it makes me feel upset soo emotional...and i start to get a feeling of hating my breasts!.....
i'm going to asks questions to the LC this week..see what she says...i'm so frustrated if any one has some advice please feel free!

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From: OhSiewHian
03/09/2008 17:57:50
i think your baby start to feel the bottle feeding, better flow. LC always say: don't give bottle feed, bb will reject breast. offer bb bf always.


From: trinityserenitybabies
03/09/2008 17:39:57
feed her on one side and pump on the other.  If nothing else, you'll build up a good supply of frozen milk and keep your boobs even. 


From: whitnessforhim
03/09/2008 14:16:40
I understand where you're coming from. Since it took my milk 9 days to even come in I introduced a bottle pretty early. I pumped like crazy in the beginning and fed her by bottle so I could see that she was getting something. It used to kill me when she would reject my breast! But at least she was still getting mommies milk. Anyways, long story short is I just kept offering my breast every now and then.  Of course she would reject it but once in a blue moon she wouldn't and low and behold she's 4 months now and she just now started to actually nurse on a consistant basis. My advice is just relax, be persistant and just keep offering it to her. A couple things that helped me 1) using BreastFlow bottle by first years. That's the closet bottle to breast feeding you can get from what I hear and 2) Patience!! If there is one thing I have learned in these 4 months babies go through these funky stages sometimes. Just remember you're a good mommy and you're doing your best!