I need to know whether any one else has successfully relactated....i know it is hard work and i really have been feeling up and down about this, i just need some reassurance to know this might actually work.
The DR put me on Maxolon when bub was 4wks, it did increase my supply but made me terribly tired so i went off it within a few days, i have since started on motilium within this week. To be honest i haven't been putting him to the breast as often as i should. The local LC at the child health clinic said that i go to the DR's get the meds, and just put bubs to breast as often as possible and when she saw i had only been able to express a little bit out she kinda gave me this look of failure before i even started, she said i should be getting 100mls at a time. I feel as though i need a plan written out put on the fridge in front of my nose and even then i don't feel as though i might succeed.
Even when the whole bfeeding thing went pair shaped i rung the hospital cause it was over the new yr break and every one else was on holidays....they kinda told me that i would need to go to the other ward as they don't like mothers and babies that have left to come back to the materity ward for infection reasons, i felt so deflated and outed just because i had birthed my baby and left we weren't welcome back for the support i so needed.
DP thinks i am crazy for wanting to relactate as bub has just started getting into a routine now. Am i going to throw him out of routine if i keep relactating and try and take the bottle away? All i want is to have a happy and healthy bub and to successfully bfeed all in one is that to much to expect?
Any support and words of encouragement would be great.
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