My baby will not latch tonight and is now so worked up. This is so hard.
This was us the other night. I ended up pumping and giving her a bottle. It was the same night she had her tongue tie taken care of. Also the only time she took a pacifier.
My pump comes tomorrow. I'm looking forward to its arrival! Hoping tomorrow's weight check shows gain. I persisted in all rooms of the house and with many hold and finally got her on well. I'm George's do guessing that's the issue but eager for an LC consult.
My baby will not latch tonight and is now so worked up. This is so hard.
This was us the other night. I ended up pumping and giving her a bottle. It was the same night she had her tongue tie taken care of. Also the only time she took a pacifier.
Monster here does the same. I have discovered that if I can get him so face me, sitting up I can blow in his face. Like the 'check my breath' blow. That is the o like way to calm his hangery fits.
Post by hopefulreturn on Aug 6, 2015 4:27:24 GMT -5
Ugh another stressful feeding with latch issues. Finally got her on but it was so quick. Trying to shake the "I can't do this" and "I'm no good at this feelings." Time to sleep 30 minutes before the next feeding.
hopefulreturn hugs. It's so frustrating. I hope you can get a little sleep. You can do this, you just have to figure out what works for the 2 of you. FX it smooths out soon.
I don't know what it is about 3am that turns my nursling into a racing lunatic, but it's literally only this feeding. Can't latch, losing his mind, I calm him down and go to relatch and same cycle over again. I've tried pumping, the deep latch technique, perseverance, everything. He's not waking me up crying either, he's just starting to make little noises. Last night we ended up finger feeding 2 oz of pumped milk.
Post by bibliothecary on Aug 6, 2015 12:02:25 GMT -5
For women with huge boobs, I can't say enough good about the football hold. It's the only thing that works for us. Otherwise, the weight of my boob can drag the nipple right out of his mouth.
For women with huge boobs, I can't say enough good about the football hold. It's the only thing that works for us. Otherwise, the weight of my boob can drag the nipple right out of his mouth.
Yep. It's my favorite position besides side lying (because feeding baby + nodding off is real. Last night I fell asleep nursing him and woke up 2 hours later when he started sucking again. He never unlatched)
In other news, Noah is almost up to birth weight! Yay boobs!
Football hold wired great at first but Miles is so long that he now will start pushing off of whatever is behind me and breaking the latch. I'm hoping to practice feeding while laying down this weekend.
Post by glitterpoop on Aug 6, 2015 16:25:54 GMT -5
Had my wic apt today and found out that Rio is now 3oz over his birth weight at 6 days old! He lost 5oz in the hospital but has gained it all back and more. I was so worried he wasn't getting enough milk because all he does is cluster feed all day and night. I've barely got any sleep in days but at least something is going right.
Ok so we are still nursing w the darn nipple shield 98% of the time, I have had a few successful sessions on the second breast without the shield and it's been amAzing but it does not happen often (past few days baby is nursing from one side only thn falls asleep then wakes up an hour later and does the other side ). Anyway - last night for the nighttime feeds she was sucking (nipple feeding w the shield) and it hurt soooooooo much!!! We ended up giving her expressed breastmilk I had in the fridge in a bottle. I have been nursing her from the non injured side and once today were we able to nurse shield-less from the injured side and it did not hurt at ALL compared w nipple shield on injured side. Anyway I am still pumping every few hours, I just pumped for 10 mins and got 1.5 oz on the non injured side and 0.25 oz on injured side ! Normally when I pump they're not equal but this was crazy different !!! I am using the hospital grade medela symphony (double electric) --- from what I've read I need to pump/nurse from the lower supply side more to increase the milk production there --- do you know if I can just use one side of the pump and just leave the other one w no attachment ? Does this make sense? Sorry if it doesn't
I nursed in public today, something I was really worried about with my giant boobs. I was wearing maternity pants with a panel and using the moby as a kind of cover. When we got home we had a cluster feeding meltdown though. I had a mini breakdown thinking about being the sole food provider for now and how I will never be alone again. My emotions are all over the place.
Ok so we are still nursing w the darn nipple shield 98% of the time, I have had a few successful sessions on the second breast without the shield and it's been amAzing but it does not happen often (past few days baby is nursing from one side only thn falls asleep then wakes up an hour later and does the other side ). Anyway - last night for the nighttime feeds she was sucking (nipple feeding w the shield) and it hurt soooooooo much!!! We ended up giving her expressed breastmilk I had in the fridge in a bottle. I have been nursing her from the non injured side and once today were we able to nurse shield-less from the injured side and it did not hurt at ALL compared w nipple shield on injured side. Anyway I am still pumping every few hours, I just pumped for 10 mins and got 1.5 oz on the non injured side and 0.25 oz on injured side ! Normally when I pump they're not equal but this was crazy different !!! I am using the hospital grade medela symphony (double electric) --- from what I've read I need to pump/nurse from the lower supply side more to increase the milk production there --- do you know if I can just use one side of the pump and just leave the other one w no attachment ? Does this make sense? Sorry if it doesn't
Yes you can use the pump as a single. It should have a plug to stick where the tubes come out of to plug it up.
Please do not despair over still using the shield. I don't think I ever said how long we used it, but it was for 4 months....and I tried daily to get rid of it for weeks, until I just gave in and decided if we used it forever, I'd be ok with it, because it made breastfeeding possible. Then one day, I unclipped my bra, leaned forward with baby in arms ready for her food source, reaching for the shield on the coffee table, and she latched without it when my boob came within reach. I was amazed, and over 2 years later we are still nursing successfully.
Post by oopsiedaisies on Aug 6, 2015 18:00:36 GMT -5
@mamazbo, hugs!! Its so hard in the beginning, but it will get better! I know its not your first rodeo and you know this, but I remember it can be hard to see when you're in the middle of it.
I nursed in public today, something I was really worried about with my giant boobs. I was wearing maternity pants with a panel and using the moby as a kind of cover. When we got home we had a cluster feeding meltdown though. I had a mini breakdown thinking about being the sole food provider for now and how I will never be alone again. My emotions are all over the place.
The cluster feeds are killing me. Especially when they happen when everyone else is going to bed and it is the only thing I want to do as well. Her cluster feed lasted close to 3 hours last night and to top it off, I couldn't lay her down or she would wake up and need the boob again to fall asleep. Needless to say, she slept on me all night.
Yay for NIP!! I am so apprehensive about it that I am remaining a hermit unless I know that it is just a quick trip and she just ate.
Post by bibliothecary on Aug 6, 2015 19:38:10 GMT -5
I got caught by a cluster feed today. Bro, we only just got okay at nursing. You are three days old. Today was not the day to kick shit into high gear.
Post by glitterpoop on Aug 6, 2015 20:49:22 GMT -5
My boy has been cluster feeding since day 1 so sleep has been nonexistent. My lc told me it could be because he is getting mostly foremilk and not the good stuff that keeps him full so hopefully keeping him on the same boob longer will help. Fingers crossed.
+1 on the nipple shield. It hurts so much, it's so messy, so inconvenient, I hate it! We actually latched on both sides without it for a brief time today. I consider that a win for now. I don't even bother trying in the middle of the night though. It's just too hard for both of us.
I nursed in public today, something I was really worried about with my giant boobs. I was wearing maternity pants with a panel and using the moby as a kind of cover. When we got home we had a cluster feeding meltdown though. I had a mini breakdown thinking about being the sole food provider for now and how I will never be alone again. My emotions are all over the place.
I also NIP today at my wic appt. I was nervous because A) big boobs and B) still haven't quite mastered the latching and staying on the first try thing. But we got it done.
I quickly discovered I have no fucks to give about NIP. On the way home from the hospital we had to stop and get my pain meds. I whipped it out in publix. My MIL have me a cover when I was in the hospital, I've used it once when my 17 year old nephew visited.
hopefulreturn, I'm so sorry that you had a stressful night. I promise it gets easier. Have you talked to a LC for help?
I met with an LC this morning and it was so helpful! Just the little tips have helped with shorter feelings too (most of the time) I feel like we're getting the hang of this!
I quickly discovered I have no fucks to give about NIP. On the way home from the hospital we had to stop and get my pain meds. I whipped it out in publix. My MIL have me a cover when I was in the hospital, I've used it once when my 17 year old nephew visited.
Good for you! I never used a cover either. Besides that my DD hated being under a blanket or anything
I'm trying to google but it's not going well-- when you hear them gulping the milk down, loudly-- isn't that an indicator of something? I can't remember if it's good or not, and each time she's finally on correctly on the right, I start hearing it.
For the most part it's going waaaaaay better already, and the LC has been helpful . When she latches on the left , I hand pump on the right for two or three minutes (otherwise EVERYTHING is soaked and hello wasted milk!) and will easily get almost 20mL. I've been saving it in syringes and then using the syringe to entice her on to the right. My right boob is MASSIVE, but the nipple is tiny (left boob small with GIANT nipple) and she hates that side.
I quickly discovered I have no fucks to give about NIP. On the way home from the hospital we had to stop and get my pain meds. I whipped it out in publix. My MIL have me a cover when I was in the hospital, I've used it once when my 17 year old nephew visited.
I had a cover for DS. I discovered it when I was unpacking my pump stuff. I threw it in a basket. It's not going to make it to the diaper bag. Don't like it? Don't look. DS would fight the cover and it would be a bigger production then just nursing without.
I am way too excited for the lactation consultant to come see me. My milk just came in. I went to pump, put a bit of lanolin on the areola, grabbed the pump, looked down and my boob was a faucet. I'm so ready to try LO's latch again and get this right so I can stop bleeding into my daughter's mouth.
I have a baby that doesn't want to open his mouth. He's hungry and understands where the food comes from, but he won't open wide enough to get it. he has a terrible latch. Also it doesn't help that my nipples are flat. We've been using a nipple shield and that seems to be helping somewhat, but he still only wants to latch on to just the nipple, no areola.
Can someone help you? Pull his chin down and help him latch?
Post by motownthrowdown on Aug 7, 2015 12:23:18 GMT -5
gingerygirl my lc had me squeeze my boob so that the nipple and areola were sort of pushed out--and then as soon as baby opens up, you've got to just shove the whole thing in.
If you have someone with you like runningmommy519 suggests, it's a huge help. Just don't let them shove your own boob around. It's awkward. Trust me lol
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