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My Daughter is a Dyson!! :lol:
I need Help!
She is only 2 days old, & untill last night she solely breast fed, but I gave her 1 oz of formular last night as my nipples are bruise, swollen, cracked, bleeding and really sore - right after I had her she fed for well over an hour, then that night she fed solidly from 10pm till 7am moving from one boob to the other! Then wanted more!
She is getting some out cause I can hear her swollowing it and has had 6 dirsty and wet nappies so i'm not worried about that.. but i'm just finding it really hard to carry on as she wants to feed for so long, and has such a strong suck i'm not getting time to heal!
I think she is laching alright - it's painful for the first min then starts to be alright (well apart from being sore & my womb contracting) but ive showed the midwives and they've watched and said she is laching well but is strong and hungry! She was 8.10lbs at birth and the midwife said to make her a bottle at bedtime to give me some time to recover when she seen my nipples - i'm not sure if i'm being used as a dummy either?
not sure what i'm really asking girls - i just need some help!
Sent OH to get some pain killers and lanisol! x
She is only 2 days old, & untill last night she solely breast fed, but I gave her 1 oz of formular last night as my nipples are bruise, swollen, cracked, bleeding and really sore - right after I had her she fed for well over an hour, then that night she fed solidly from 10pm till 7am moving from one boob to the other! Then wanted more!
She is getting some out cause I can hear her swollowing it and has had 6 dirsty and wet nappies so i'm not worried about that.. but i'm just finding it really hard to carry on as she wants to feed for so long, and has such a strong suck i'm not getting time to heal!
I think she is laching alright - it's painful for the first min then starts to be alright (well apart from being sore & my womb contracting) but ive showed the midwives and they've watched and said she is laching well but is strong and hungry! She was 8.10lbs at birth and the midwife said to make her a bottle at bedtime to give me some time to recover when she seen my nipples - i'm not sure if i'm being used as a dummy either?
not sure what i'm really asking girls - i just need some help!
Sent OH to get some pain killers and lanisol! x
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keep at it hun, its so early days and she will suck hard to get the colostrum through cos its thick. like bh says, once she's getting the real milk, she wont suck so hard and more time between feeds will help your nipples heal. they may stay sore for a while yet, and thats ok as long as your latch is right so dont worry, just slap the lansinoh on!! i also did the lavender bath everyday, just lay in it on my front!!
you're doing fab so keep it up, dont stress about the requency of feeding it is normal, my lo fed all night the night she was born, and used to feed all evening up til about 8 weeks!
perseverence will pay off in the end xxxx
Cat xxx
I got some pain relief from the hospital today which has helpped, & midwife told me about that baseball/rugby postion which is fab, & got that nipple cream, Ive started using a dummy with her which is helpping a bit - but she really cries a lot poor lamb hopefully my milk will sooth her more.... midwife told me to get some ginnuess - so sent OH out for that.. going to 'try' and drink it in a bit!
She is getting bad wind - which I didn't think was meant to happen with breast fed babies? Was thinking of trying her on that infacol - hate to think of her having a pain! .. any more tips ladies.. trying to let her cluster feed this evening to help her (& me) thru tonight!
Having said all this defo think this BFing is helping with bonding, i'm starting to feel really close with her! x