Please can anyone help?
I found out that my pregnancy was ectopic. I had to have a methotrexate injection, couldn't bf my nearly 9 month old dd for 4 days, that was enormously distressing for both of us but we got through it as best we could. Since Tuesday I have had the all clear for feeding her again but despite seeming keen, as soon as she latches on she bites & cries. Now she won't even latch on & just cries. I have been told a nursing strike due to the stress of having her source of milk & comfort abruptly removed is the likely cause & that it will pass.
It doesn't feel like it's passing & I just don't know what to do. I've been expressing to maintain supply, I don't feel ready to stop bfing (unless that's her choice). I just feel that our last however long of bfing was ripped from us & I'm devastated. I can't see past it. It has upset me more than the ectopic.
Can anyone help us move past the nursing strike? Any words of wisdom gratefully received... We've done the whole relaxed offering, skin to skin, laying down, sitting up, not tired, tired, not overly hungry, hungry, dream feed attempt etc. Help!
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Restarting bf after methotrexate
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tuckingfits · 17/07/2014 18:39
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