| oh and i agree. the midwife has been to my house 9 times since we were discharged from hospital and is still coming. I'm getting tired of it. i feel as though i'm being tested every time she comes, asks what hes been fed, and raises her eyebrows at me if i tell her i breastfed for one of his feeds, and then says 'well, lets pop him on the scales just to be sure that hes got enough' but apparently it's the norm over here. i wish it would stop though as between her coming daily, endless visitors, and caring for joey, i'm exhausted. i feel i have no time to breastfeed! do any of you feel that way? ↑ |
i'm so sorry you're having such a rough time...can't you just tell the midwife not to come back? i mean it's your house, she shouldn't be coming if you don't want her too. and yes your supply has went down some by now but i would think that you are still early enough in the game that if you really want to you should be able to build it back up again....like i said the key thing is to express milk as often as possible whether is be pumping or feeding joey. you said that you are expressing 3 times a day right now and that needs to be built up to about 12 to 15 times a day to get your supply back up....your body works on a supply and demand method...the more you demand the more your body will supply. i know it's hard right now when you are so tired and busy anyway but i think that to start breastfeeding exclusively you are really going to have to devote several days to just feeding joey and pumping and every 2 to 3 hours and not really have much time for much else. you also have to time it from the beginning of one to feeding to the next. so lets say you start nursing joey at 1pm, you need to either feed him or pump by 3pm. i hope i'm not scaring you by listing the work it's going to take. it's really worth it and would only be a few days out of your life to get things back on track.....
mamal-do you agree with what i'm telling her?
so i hope this helps....continue to ask any questions you might have and i'll do my best to help! :) ↑ |
I don't think it's normal to have the health nurse visit every day.
My baby is a month and 2 days and the health nurse has only been to visit once... ↑ |
| Yeah it is. The standard procedure is the community midwife comes for the first 4 days, and then every other day for 10 days. The Health Visitor also visits once. ↑ |
| Thank you for your advice. No I can't tell her to stop visiting. She may visit if and when she pleases. It's procedure over here. If I were to tell her to stop, she'd find it suspicious and have social services visit me! The health visitor came today, and the midwife is coming again on Wednesday, fingers cross this will be her last visit. ↑ |
| I agree with Lacirrom. Try and drop those formula feedings one at a time if you wish and breastfeed instead but when you are feeding a bottle also make sure you pump at the same time so that you can get your supply up and growing. Again I have a few articles and things to read, you never knew breastfeeding required so much reading did you? LOL! I am going to make a seperate post for you. It is my standard info for low supply. If you need any help with anything know that we are all here for you!! You are doing an amazing job! And yes it is all so tiring but I think that making a bottle (sterilizing, washing, heating) takes so much more time than ripping it out and popping it in. Don't forget that you can also lay down and breastfeed using the side laying postion it is very relaxing for both mommy and baby. ↑ |
