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Ideal_Rock
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I know Fiery had a thread recently, and I will read through it when I get a chance, but I''m looking for any immediate advice if you girls have any.
I just had Jackson via c-section on Friday. From the start we''ve had breastfeeding issues, and we''ve also had nurses, pediatrictions, and lactation consultants telling us different things to do.
Jackson''s first issue was that he would latch on, but didn''t know how to suck. The first day, the nurse told us to just practice latching, and we would see the lc tomorrow, but by the middle of the first night he was so hungry that he wouldn''t stop wailing that we gave him a tiny little bit of formula from a bottle.
The next day we saw the lactation consultant. She wasn''t able to get him feeding, but she saw right away that his problem wasn''t latching, it was sucking. So she suggested we again try to get him to latch as much as possible, but when he gets too fussy to try anymore, use the S & S system (formula fed through a TINY tube) attached to a FINGER to feed him supplemental formula and practice sucking on the finger. Then, I was pumping to help stimulate the milk production. We did this throughout the day because the pediatrictian also wanted us to supplement because of how quickly he was losing weight.
The second night, we had a nurse who was really good at helping us breastfeed. She told us not to use the finger feeding, but got him to successfully latch and nurse for 30 minutes 3 times in a row by just squirting a bit of formula on my nipples and in his mouth at the beginning. I would pump the opposite breast that he didn''t nurse on. We did finger feed him once through the night to get him to sleep after he nursed for 30 minutes because my milk hadn''t come in yet.
Yesterday, we saw the lc again, and she had us use the s & s taped to my breast. This worked to get him to nurse once. But then Jackson was taken to be circumsized, and he was so irritable after that that he wouldn''t nurse, he just wanted the immediate gratification of the finger feeding. He would latch on to my breast, notice the formula coming out, and instead of nursing, just swallow what was coming out of the tube. Both the day nurse and the lc came throughout the day whenever we fed, and when he wouldn''t nurse they just blamed the circ. and had us finger feed him and had me pump. I was getting less and less colustrum throughout the day when pumping.
Here''s the real problem: My breasts are becoming engorged because my milk is starting to come in, but isn''t in yet. Now, when I go to nurse, Jackson will latch on and suck for a moment or two, but isn''t getting instant gratification like he is used to, so just stops and WAILS. The night nurse just came in and helped me try to get him to latch on both sides just to relieve the engorgement a bit, but he wouldn''t suck for more than a few moments. I''m so worried that he won''t be willing to nurse now because he is so used to instant gratification. We didn''t finger feed him this morning because he basically fell asleep again, so we''ll try again in an hour or if he wakes up on his own. But the nurse really suggested we no longer supplement if we want him to nurse. But she just left for the day, so I have no idea what the pediatrician will say today, or the new lc that is coming. Plus, I''m being discharged at noon today.
So, any suggestions on getting a baby to nurse on engorged breasts that aren''t producing milk yet when he is already used to instant gratification from formula???
They keep telling me it will be better once my milk comes in because then he will get gratification from his first few sucks, but I''m still really worried. If no one has advice, at least thanks for letting me vent!
I just had Jackson via c-section on Friday. From the start we''ve had breastfeeding issues, and we''ve also had nurses, pediatrictions, and lactation consultants telling us different things to do.
Jackson''s first issue was that he would latch on, but didn''t know how to suck. The first day, the nurse told us to just practice latching, and we would see the lc tomorrow, but by the middle of the first night he was so hungry that he wouldn''t stop wailing that we gave him a tiny little bit of formula from a bottle.
The next day we saw the lactation consultant. She wasn''t able to get him feeding, but she saw right away that his problem wasn''t latching, it was sucking. So she suggested we again try to get him to latch as much as possible, but when he gets too fussy to try anymore, use the S & S system (formula fed through a TINY tube) attached to a FINGER to feed him supplemental formula and practice sucking on the finger. Then, I was pumping to help stimulate the milk production. We did this throughout the day because the pediatrictian also wanted us to supplement because of how quickly he was losing weight.
The second night, we had a nurse who was really good at helping us breastfeed. She told us not to use the finger feeding, but got him to successfully latch and nurse for 30 minutes 3 times in a row by just squirting a bit of formula on my nipples and in his mouth at the beginning. I would pump the opposite breast that he didn''t nurse on. We did finger feed him once through the night to get him to sleep after he nursed for 30 minutes because my milk hadn''t come in yet.
Yesterday, we saw the lc again, and she had us use the s & s taped to my breast. This worked to get him to nurse once. But then Jackson was taken to be circumsized, and he was so irritable after that that he wouldn''t nurse, he just wanted the immediate gratification of the finger feeding. He would latch on to my breast, notice the formula coming out, and instead of nursing, just swallow what was coming out of the tube. Both the day nurse and the lc came throughout the day whenever we fed, and when he wouldn''t nurse they just blamed the circ. and had us finger feed him and had me pump. I was getting less and less colustrum throughout the day when pumping.
Here''s the real problem: My breasts are becoming engorged because my milk is starting to come in, but isn''t in yet. Now, when I go to nurse, Jackson will latch on and suck for a moment or two, but isn''t getting instant gratification like he is used to, so just stops and WAILS. The night nurse just came in and helped me try to get him to latch on both sides just to relieve the engorgement a bit, but he wouldn''t suck for more than a few moments. I''m so worried that he won''t be willing to nurse now because he is so used to instant gratification. We didn''t finger feed him this morning because he basically fell asleep again, so we''ll try again in an hour or if he wakes up on his own. But the nurse really suggested we no longer supplement if we want him to nurse. But she just left for the day, so I have no idea what the pediatrician will say today, or the new lc that is coming. Plus, I''m being discharged at noon today.
So, any suggestions on getting a baby to nurse on engorged breasts that aren''t producing milk yet when he is already used to instant gratification from formula???
They keep telling me it will be better once my milk comes in because then he will get gratification from his first few sucks, but I''m still really worried. If no one has advice, at least thanks for letting me vent!