Hi there,

Thank you for your posts!!

I rang LC this morning advising her that DD had been really hungry all morning and constantly wanting to feed at the breast!! She asked me to come in and see her at her pharmacy (she runs the baby clinic every weds there) so I thought ok. Our first visit in the car alone without DH! I was so nervous but managed successfully..... now I'm not afraid to leave the house anymore as I've done it now! hehe
Visited her and she weighed her. Still same weight as Monday. She watched our attachment in cradle position and said she's attaching brilliantly. Problem lies with her sucking.... she isn't effectively sucking all the time at the breast and this is why she can sit at the breast for up to 1hr and I don't realise she's not sucking properly! So not getting half as much as she should be. The L side is the worst she favours the R nipple for whatever reason.....

So.... she has put me on another action plan.... this time top up feeds of EBM so after every 3hrly feed, I have to feed her 40ml EBM top up (or whatever she takes) and then try and put her down so I can express for the next top up feed. This keeps me rather busy!!!!

We're getting there.... and had a nice big dirty nappy today YAY!!!! Thought it would never come..... I was so pleased to see that one!!!

I finally got her to sleep today (normally she doesn't sleep and cries all the time) so she must have a nice big full belly! And I finally got to sleep myself too for a bit!!! All the crying she's done the last week has meant she's always hungry!!! I feel so bad..... at least we are fixing it and I wasn't to know any better. This BFing sure is hard work but I'm determined to stick with it....

Gotta go wake her up for her next feed - wish me luck!