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Latest post on 03 March 2012 - 15:33

After 2 weeks of trying breastfeeding i've decided to stop. Bubs was born under stressful conditions so spent 3 days in ICU which meant she was being fed on formula. I just don't seem to be able to fill her up with my own milk. It's taking me over 2hrs to feed and then she'll need 60ML top up. I'm also just not enjoying it and it's stressing me out so much. I wanted to ask if anyone else has done this and how you are feeling? I know there's a 'pain barrier' to get through until my milk stops and if anyone can recommend anything that helps (i know about the cabbage leaves :-)) then i'm open to listening.
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Latest post on 06 March 2012 - 21:06

I stopped at 4 weeks after two weeks of hybrid feeding. My dr, DD dr encouraged me to stop at 2 weeks as they felt my time was better spent bonding with DD than sitting expressing and only getting 10ml per feed was futile. My midwife was very supportive and helped me get to 4 weeks as I was hoping for a miracle. I had so little milk at the end that a warm shower did the trick to help things ease up but in reality it only took a few days and there was no pain. My DD is thriving and has a much less stressed mum. It is amazing how many women I have spoken to have had similar challenges it is just not something us gals like to admit to in a public forum. Enjoy bubs.

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Latest post on 03 March 2012 - 21:39

Why not express and then you can reduce the milk supply gradually and avoid the uncomfort of stopping cold turkey. Plus you can monitor how much you give your LO. My DD was too lazy to latch on and I persevered for several weeks. My mw supported me when I gave up. It works for some babies and there is no point you both being miserable. You tried :-)

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Latest post on 03 March 2012 - 17:55

good point M, get her checked for tounge-tie, (my son had his snipped at 2 weeks) this can affect their bottle feeding as well as breastfeeding so worth checking out regardless of what you decide re breastfeeding.

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Latest post on 03 March 2012 - 17:23

Hi Mrs Chef Yes, I did. My LO had tongue tie and it was three weeks before she could have it snipped and during the three weeks I had to introduce formula as she was simply not getting enough milk during nursing. She was hungry and miserable and I certainly did not want to have a poor little hungry baby on my hands. I tried expressing but there was barely anything coming out (20ml max) and it took about 45 mins to express! You have to do what is right for you and for your baby. To ease the pain, I massaged quite a bit and just found that the process of weaning helped with the pain. All the best : )

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Latest post on 03 March 2012 - 16:47

This is totally your choice, but I will let you know that its common for feeds to take a really long time in the early days, it doesn't stay that way for long and its also common for babies to want to suck non-stop etc and doesn't necessarily mean you have milk supply issues. Your alternatives could be, checking her latch with an LC (to make sure a change on positioning isn't all it takes to get her getting to the milk much faster), pumping and bottle feeding and also relieving some of her sucking needs with a dummy. If you have weighed up the pros and cons and truly feel you don't want to go on, then don't make your life harder by stopping cold turkey. It will be much easier on your body(and hers) if you cut back slowly, otherwise as you say, you will be in pain and also you risk mastitis or even a breast abscess (and trust me, from experience you do not want to go there, especially when you have a newborn to care for). You could start the weaning process by giving her a bottle feed before each breastfeed rather than after, you can then breastfeed for as long as you want, gradually making the breastfeeds shorter and shorter. This way you know she is getting enough milk, you also know she is getting some of the benefits of breastmilk and at the same time the reduced sucking will tell your body to make less and less milk without too much discomfort. You can take panadol for engorgement pain, or if you have stopped breast-feeding completely something stronger like voltaren. Cabbage leaves are great, make sure its green not red cabbage. HTH

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