Gutted my chances of breast feeding got ruined!
Hi ladies, I'm really gutted I couldn't breast feed Olivia. I feel really guilty about it.
I started breast feeding her in hospital but because we were in for a week because of her jaundice levels the consultant decided that she should be formula fed every 3 hours (3 oz) because she had to stay on the UV sunbed as long as possible and they just weren't sure how much she was having when I was breast feeding her and she had a urate in her nappy one day which meant she wasn't getting enough milk at all. I carried on expressing and did try to breast feed her again when we were discharged but because she'd had the bottle in hospital she had nipple/teat confusion and was just getting frustrated.
She is 4 weeks old now and I have been bottle feeding her formula and expressing twice a day and giving it to her, but my milk supply is gradually decreasing and I just feel so bad that I didn't get a real chance to give it a go. I really enjoyed it and truly believe if she hadn't have been poorly and i could have come home straight away i would have still been doing it now.
On the other hand she is putting on lots of weight and seems happy enough. She is a real hungry baby and to be honest i probably wouldn't have been able to satisfy her needs anyway. She is taking bewtween 5-6oz now every 4-5 hours and sleeps, hardly cries and is as good as gold to be honest.
I just had to get it off my chest as i see alot of you are breast feeding and i'm so jealous and feel a bit sad
Jen and olivia xxxxx
I started breast feeding her in hospital but because we were in for a week because of her jaundice levels the consultant decided that she should be formula fed every 3 hours (3 oz) because she had to stay on the UV sunbed as long as possible and they just weren't sure how much she was having when I was breast feeding her and she had a urate in her nappy one day which meant she wasn't getting enough milk at all. I carried on expressing and did try to breast feed her again when we were discharged but because she'd had the bottle in hospital she had nipple/teat confusion and was just getting frustrated.
She is 4 weeks old now and I have been bottle feeding her formula and expressing twice a day and giving it to her, but my milk supply is gradually decreasing and I just feel so bad that I didn't get a real chance to give it a go. I really enjoyed it and truly believe if she hadn't have been poorly and i could have come home straight away i would have still been doing it now.
On the other hand she is putting on lots of weight and seems happy enough. She is a real hungry baby and to be honest i probably wouldn't have been able to satisfy her needs anyway. She is taking bewtween 5-6oz now every 4-5 hours and sleeps, hardly cries and is as good as gold to be honest.
I just had to get it off my chest as i see alot of you are breast feeding and i'm so jealous and feel a bit sad
Jen and olivia xxxxx
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Big hugs to you
Jo xxxxxxxxx
Could you try and express more - theory being, the more demand there is, the more supply you get?
Sounds like you did manage to bf the first few days - that's the most important time anyway, giving the colostrum and doing the initial lining of the stomach.
If she is happy and healthy chuck I wouldn't worry!
Rach xxx