My milk has been slow to come in twice but I have had two CSs.

Things were better second time around but still slow - my baby ended up dehydrated in hospital so we had to use formula but didn't need it for long.

I never get engorged, have absolutely no outward signs that my milk has come in. For some of us our boobies remain soft and comfortable and the only sign that the milk is there is that bubs is thriving!

I have been told too that expressing beforehand only produces colostrum, the placenta needs to be gone to produce milk, unless of course you have been tandem feeding all the way through the pregnancy.

I would suggest getting good amounts of rest after the birth - I didn't and was exhausted which didn't help the milk supply. I had to feed at least every 2 hours for 3 days to get any milk. Somewhere around Day 6 I had some.

Also the other thing was I found I had to stay really well hydrated - it wasn't until I starting having 3 litres of fluid a day (felt I like I was going to squelch!) did things really start to improve.

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