Baby is three days old and already a question

Lol thanks. Last night she was up for three hours crying and screaming so now of course I'm paranoid!

Hi,
Lots of great suggestions from everybody already, so will just add that our first son used to pull off during feeds and wasn't too happy. One side was more difficult to feed on than the other. We ended up seeing a paed chiro (in Melb) who said that his shoulder was really stiff on one side, so when I went to feed him, he was in a bit of pain. I think a lot of bubs in utero and being born can have quite a bit of stress placed on their neck and shoulders. We'd never seen a chiro before, so weren't sure what to expect. When people say an 'adjustment', this meant the chiro just tapped his finger on a particular spot on our son's shoulder and put gentle pressure on a few spots etc. It's really gentle with babies and we walked out with a completely different baby. We had a few sessions over a couple of weeks and it improved his feeding (and also changing his clothes - getting arms into and out of bodysuits). So if all else is in place such as good attachment and good supply etc and your bubs is still uncomfortable, this could be one option to look into (?)

*bump*

I am just revisiting this thread as I'm sentimental tonight. I cannot even remember DD screaming for hours at night or taking an hour to feed!

I LOVE Breastfeeding now, even though DD is being problematic (screamy) and possibly refluxy with random day feeds at the moment. I've had a rewarding work career, high achieving academic history and many personal achievements but breastfeeding is definitely one of my proudest achievements. I love that this tiny raw human is growing plump and developing beautifully through my own milk and nothing else.

That's all! Thank you all so much for your support and help. I'm still asking a zillion questions but the journey has been massive. :)

i love reading updates like this (not the refluxey part, obviously) & i think it's so awesome that you perservered. seeing your baby grow & flourish with your milk is an amazing journey :)

and it's amazing how you forget some of the tougher things or that, in hindsight, you don't think were that bad afterall!



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Yep we mothers are definitely hardwired to forget the hard stuff!