Hi, I'm wondering if anyone might be able to help me.
My fab DS was born on Friday after a fairly long and difficult labour. I lost quite a lot of blood and ended up having a transfusion yesterday afternoon.
I was (and continue to be) very keen to BF him but haven't been able to get him to latch on. The midwives were really helpful at the hospital and tried many techniques/positions to try and get us going but we only managed to crack it once, after trying for a long time with a particularly determined midwife. On Friday I was able to express quite a lot and syringe feed him but was able to get less and less yesterday (as I looked more and more pale and interesting due to low iron) and haven't been able to get more than a drop or two today. We have therefore ended up giving him some formula as a last resort.
The trouble with the latch is he puts his tongue on the roof if his mouth and/or just sucks his lip and tongue. Even if I do manage to get my nipple in his mouth he just won't suck. The plan I came up with with the midwives was that I'd continue trying to express and do skin to skin etc and hope that that's enough to get my milk to come in when DS might find it easier/more productive to start latching on properly. I'm planning to talk to a BF counsellor tomorrow but wondered if anyone thought this was a realistic plan or had any advice in the meantime?
Sorry, hadn't realised I was going to write an essay - first night at home from hospital and am fretting I've ruined my chances if establishing BFing.
Thanks!
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