Since my daughter's birth, we have noticed that she is often irritable. Initially, we thought that it was caused by the new environment. On day 2, we noticed that she was having difficulty latching on. Many nurses taught me techniques, but there was no luck. FInally, they suggested that I expressed milk into a cup and cup feed her when she's that agitated. Once cupfed, we would try putting her on my breasts again. Still, no success.

In the end, they said my daughter had tongue tied. So, they did a clipping. When clipping was done, we tried putting her back to my breasts again. Still, there was a latch problem. She had an 8.8% weight lost in 36 hours so I was kept in the hospital for an extra day.

Up to now, there is still difficulty getting her latch onto my breasts. So, since I got home, I've been bottle feeding her with my breastmilk. I am not using any formulas so you can imagine I am getting drained in addition to that waking cycle DD has at night.

The past 3 days, a nurse has been coming over to my house to assess the breastfeeding, but of course, still no success. Finally, we tried using the nipple shield. With the nipple shield, DD seemed to do a little better, but she was not using her jaw muscles. She referred me to a family physician for breastfeeding counselling. The doctor said that DD is probably lazy but we got a little success in getting her suck with the use of the nipple shield. Without the shield, DD just wouldn't suck... well, my nipples are larger than the norm and I've got a great supply of milk!

Next week, I have two more apointments for breastfeeding counselling.. one with the lactation consultant and another one with my other family doctor.

I feel the exhaustion because I am running out of ideas of what I could do... I seem to feel overwhelmed. I am seeking for any kind of advices I could get from anyone as I am determine to succeed in it.