Hi all,

Last night we actually had a great night!! she fed from ME all night!! And we were able to do it lying down with minimal fussing!! DH said he didn't even get woken last night when she was feeding, I was so relieved as he has his testing for his Paramedic Application today and had to be out the door at 6.30am to be in the city for 8.30 and it's a 6 hour test!!

So I'm VERY pleased with that! In the morning as DH was leaving though she got alot more fussy and though she was sucking and feeding, she was crying alot and the feed was taking over an hour and a half and she was too fussy, so I topped her up with EBM, and though she STILL seemed hungry, I put my finger in her mouth and soon enough she went off to sleep


Aussienic - when she actually gets let down, for the majority she's fine, it's only once she's half asleep that occasionally shell cough but she doesn't like stopping and will often suck through it lol, she's a guts! But she can generally cope well with it. That's what we think/thought initially too that once she gets letdown, it's abit fast for her, but people say she's coping, so to leave it sorta thing

Lilydust - it's not so much that were overfeeding her, but more were giving her too much too quickly and at once and it's stretching her little belly too much and causing her to vomit and be unsettled. Which I'm tending to agree with, she is alot more unsettled to get off to sleep on the bottle and has alot more wind, but were getting better with that as we both have more practice


Isadora - yeah that's exactly how DH was, and especially seeing as it was 2am and we were all extremely tired and frustrated and just wanted sleep. He really is trying to keep us breastfeeding and encouraging and helping in every way possible, but he also let's me know that whether she gets my milk from bottle or booby, she's still getting it. So he's also helping me realize that I'm not a complete failure if she won't attach. But the LC said yesterday she thinks with time it WILL work because DD WANTS to attach, and tries her little heart out and has that determination, it's just a matter of time til it clicks better with her.

Mantaray - after I read that this morning and she was still acting hungry after nearly vomiting (she half gagged) after having EBM and booby, I tried the finger in the mouth and it worked! Took her a few mins, but she went off to sleep it's just a matter of trying to figure out when she IS actually full rather than waiting for her to vomit and then realizing lol...
The LC suggested the skin to skin too during feeds, she however thinks that my nipple may be too short for her and isn't clearing the hard palate, hence why she won't attach and suck properly without the shield. But we will keep trying. She said once DD gets bigger, that problem will fix itself as shell have a stronger suck and can pull the nipple further back.

KMN - she was actually starving at the appointment, as she vomited quite a bit before we left, I actually had to sit with my finger in her mouth for over half an hour til the LC came so she wouldn't be screaming the house down, and the LC could still see her trying to feed lol. Maybe she feeds better when she IS starving! Lol... It wouldn't surprise me, this child seems to be breaking all the rules!

Thank you so so much again everyone for your contintinuing support, it really REALLY does mean so much and gives me hope that we
WILL succeed and get through this....