Hi again...your divet sounds EXACTLY like mine. In the end I had an LC show me how to twist my breast a little and attach her away from the divet. If you imagine your nipple is a clock face, I was attaching her from 9 to 3 o'clock, with the divet at 3 o'clock...then I was shown how to twist my breast a little and attach her from 5 to 1 o'clock...so that she was actually missing the sore part...does that make sense????
It was a bit awkward, and I had to hold DD sorta under my breast rather than to the side...it was actually easier leaning back to do this. I had to do it for about 3 or 4 days to let the nipple heal..and it did!!! I still had a divet for a few days after (even a week) but the pain went away almost instantly.
Hang in there! I remember crying and wincing in pain. My DH used to be able to tell I was feeding from the left because he cold hear the F***, f***, f*** coming from the lounge room. lol.
Thanks anna, last time I fed from the left I did the football hold again and got her lying more on her back rather than side so it was a different angle like you said and it didn't hurt nearly as much!! I hope I can do it again next feed. She's about to wake up now I think.
Now that I've got my attachment sorted out will she be getting more milk out faster?? Because she doesn't seem to be feeding for as long. Before she would feed for like 40mins and then still be hungry 1/2 hr later and want more! And then want another feed in a couple of hrs. But overnight there was a stretch of 6 hrs where she didn't feed!! Great for our sleep but I don't know if that's good for her. And today she's been feeding for about 35-30mins on one side. Then she'll only have a few mins on the other side. And she won't feed again for 3hrs or 3 1/2 hrs. Is this ok?? I'm just used to her waking every 2 hrs and wanting some!!
Hmm...what will I count as 1 feed? Sometimes she falls asleep feeding on one side and then will have the other side maybe 30mins later. So is that 1 feed or 2?
If I count it as 1 she's had 7 since this time yesterday. Today seems to be less than usual. Like every 4 hrs almost. What's the maximum time i should lket her go b/w feeds?
I'm out of practice, SJ! I don't know if I'd count that as 1 or 2 feeds... Maybe depends on how long she feeds for before she falls asleep? If its 20 mins or so, then I'd count that as 2 separate feeds.
If it were me (and please don't feel that you need to do the same thing - you do what you think is right) I would probably wake her a little more often during the day to feed. So I'd try for 2-3 hourly in the day and then just let her go overnight (though depending on how many feeds she'd had in the day I'd possibly wake her if she didn't wake herself...).
Is she generally pretty sleepy? If she has more wakeful periods during the day you could just offer the breast more often then...
Sorry, thinking out loud now! The magic number is about 8-12 feeds in 24 hours, I believe. And I reckon if you're giving a top-up after 30 mins, you could probably count that as 2 if you think she's getting a fair bit into her.
ETA: Could be another question for your LC Or maybe MR or Barb or Janie will be in here soon!
Thanks Amy! She has slept alot today. Maybe because I've had her in the hug-a-bub for 2 of her sleeps, maybe that had something to do with it bc she was very comfy in there and didn't want to wake up!! lol. And my boobs were very full by the time she woke up. She just woke up and hadn't had a feed for 4 hrs and only had 1 breast for about 25 mins. It was pretty full though I guess and feels soft now. I keep trying to give her the other one but she just spits it out or falls asleep, lol.
She'll probably be awake all night now feeding, lol.
LOL, ah well - at least she is getting quicker at it! Easier to be awake for only half an hour in the night than 1-2 hours.
The hug-a-bub sounds like a tops idea
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Or maybe MR or Barb or Janie will be in here soon!
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