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1209 postsposted 2nd Nov
Quoting darlenesmommy CPST: Just nurse him only. You are going to take longer to get your milk in by giving him a bottle. If you have a pump then pump after he eats to tell your body you need the milk.
Okay thats what i've been doing today so I'll just keep doing that
I have 1 child & 1 angel baby & live in Florida
4046 postsposted 2nd Nov
Quoting ~!Momma to Liam!~: Yeah I know but he was at 10% after being home for a day and was still losing weight. I dunno Im so frustrated with the whole thing.
I'm sorry mama. Just try to stick with it but in the end I know you'll do whats best for you and him even if it's formula.
I have 1 child & 1 angel baby & live in Jacksonville, Florida
posted 2nd Nov
Quoting Sydney's Mommy! {EBFB}: I'm sorry mama. Just try to stick with it but in the end I know you'll do whats best for you and him even if it's formula.
thank you, I'm not giving up
I have 1 child & 1 angel baby & live in Florida
1992 postsposted 2nd Nov
Quoting ~!Momma to Liam!~: Whats the longest you've heard it taking someone to get their milk in? Its been 4 days since I had my ... [snip!] ... get nipple confusion. Is there anything I can do to get it to come in ? I don't understand why it's not here Any thoughts?
My son also lost 10% of his weight. Not because of lack of breastmilk. I still don't know what really happened. I got milk after 2 days, but being a newborn he wasn't latching on and getting the milk out quickly enough, sleeping all the time, etc.. boobs got engorged and very hard. Then I got clots too. Well the hospital wouldnt let us go home until he stopped loosing weight so i gave him formula from a bottle at the hospital, while pumping at the same time and giving him bottles of my milk to keep my milk going. I was pumping and ffing for like 2 weeks, then finally hesitated but put him on the breast again. It worked! Kept trying after that. He can go from bottle to breast no problem. I could have ebf if i wanted, but my milk does not keep him satisfied, 1/2 an hour tops after feeding for 2 hours. so we supplement with formula still. i firmly believe formula feeding is better than lettingmy baby starve for a week. But it got better though, and he is able to feed from the breast and when i just cant keep up with him i give him a bottle. it works for us.
I have 1 child & live in New York
1780 postsposted 2nd Nov
Quoting ~!Momma to Liam!~: thank you, I'm not giving up
breastfeeding is so hard...just stick with it and it eventually gets better
posted 2nd Nov
Quoting Angelica+Alfonso=Christia: My son also lost 10% of his weight. Not because of lack of breastmilk. I still don't know what really ... [snip!] ... though, and he is able to feed from the breast and when i just cant keep up with him i give him a bottle. it works for us.
Well that makes me feel so much better knowing i'm not the only one. I will do whats best for him thats all I want is him to be happy and healthy.
I have 1 child & 1 angel baby & live in Florida
2 postsposted 2nd Nov
Mine took 5 days to come in, and then it was slow coming in after that as well. She ended up losing like 21 oz and I had to supplement as well. I wouldn't worry about it too much, cause Avery still took to the breast and the bottle just fine!
quoteI have 1 child & live in Jacksonville, Florida
4677 postsposted 2nd Nov
Quoting ~!Momma to Liam!~: Whats the longest you've heard it taking someone to get their milk in? Its been 4 days since I had my ... [snip!] ... get nipple confusion. Is there anything I can do to get it to come in ? I don't understand why it's not here Any thoughts?
pumping will help
I have 1 child & 1 angel baby & live in Norfolk, Virginia
507 postsposted 2nd Nov
Quoting his wifey, their mommy: I recommend keeping him on the boob no matter what. If you've already given him a bottle I'm sure he'll ... [snip!] ... confusion. If you keep him on the boob then your milk should come in soon but with supplementing, it's only making it worse
I have 3 kids & live in Alberta
27 postsposted 2nd Nov
I had a similar problem.... milk took four days to come in and my body wasn't producing enough colosturm so Anabell was hungry.... she lost over 10 percent of her weight, we HAD to stay an extra night! I was VERY adament about ONLY breast feeding, the nurses we're pretty unsupportive, but my midwife suggested an SNS for supplemental formula feeding. Worked like a charm! It's a bottle with two tubes, you tape them to your breast and baby gets fed but is still latching on to you! NO nipple confusion! I also used nipple shields, because at first it hurt so bad I couldn't stand it (repeated incorrect latching), and they only made it worse. Anabell could hardly latch on without a shield for the first two weeks, because the shield is like a bottle nipple.
ALso I would like to point out that when my milk came in I didn't notice. My breasts didn't become engorged. The only way I knew the milk had came in was there was milk in the shield when she pulled away! I was sooooooo estatic! Apparently this is pretty rare, most women say it's VERY obvious when their milk comes in. Hope this helped!
quoteALso I would like to point out that when my milk came in I didn't notice. My breasts didn't become engorged. The only way I knew the milk had came in was there was milk in the shield when she pulled away! I was sooooooo estatic! Apparently this is pretty rare, most women say it's VERY obvious when their milk comes in. Hope this helped!
I have 1 child & live in ?
posted 2nd Nov
Quoting Nixxi: I had a similar problem.... milk took four days to come in and my body wasn't producing enough colosturm ... [snip!] ... sooooooo estatic! Apparently this is pretty rare, most women say it's VERY obvious when their milk comes in. Hope this helped!
omg thats awesome and makes me feel so much better! im gonna look into that sns. we have another weight check on wed so ill see what she says then.
I have 1 child & 1 angel baby & live in Florida
3246 postsposted 2nd Nov
I can't help you because I haven't been through this yet. But I just wanted to say good luck and its awesome that your going to keep trying! Wishing you all the best
quoteI have 1 child & live in Whyalla, Australia
85 postsposted 3rd Nov
Quoting ~!Momma to Liam!~: Whats the longest you've heard it taking someone to get their milk in? Its been 4 days since I had my ... [snip!] ... get nipple confusion. Is there anything I can do to get it to come in ? I don't understand why it's not here Any thoughts?what i would do to afoud nipples confussion is switgh to nuk bottles becausetheir shaped like the mothers nipple while nurseing thats what im useing
I have 1 child & 1 angel baby & live in Bauxite, Arkansas
