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What a really tough time :hug: With the right information and support you can absolutely overcome this. You are doing so well so far.
If I were you, I'd take up Barb's offer and speak to her on the phone. That kind of help is priceless.
All the best hun :hug:
Went to the open house at the hospital today and spent a long time with one of the midwives. She was fantastic and spent ages watching what A was doing, fiddling around in her mouth playing with her tongue, suck reflex etc and giving my boobs a good feel ;-) The end result of all of it all is that she doesn't think she has a tongue tie, although did say that her tongue seemed to be "very secured anchored", but that the problem is more that she has a very small mouth. She thinks that if we can tough it out for the next six weeks or so then A will be bigger/stronger and more able to cope. In the meantime I'll have to get a pump so I can drain my breasts after each feed because she agreed that the lumps I've got are a problem.
I'm still keeping my appt tomorrow with the LC, and hopefully she will have equally positive news for us.
Thanks again everyone for your support and advice. It means a lot.
Great! Hope you get on well again tomorrow. Let us know
That's wonderful to read Lu :)
Let us know how the appointment goes!
typical isn't it. Went to the appt today and A fed like a little champion. The LC doesn't think she has a tongue tie either, although did say that the "f" bit (can't remember what its called!) is thicker than normal but doesn't seem to be stopping her from sucking, tongue movement etc. She did agree that she is a very lazy feeder, and has said that I should keep swapping her from boob to boob quite quickly like I have been doing because otherwise she just doesn't put in the effort once my let down eases off. She also grips my breast with her lips, so I need to flick her top lip out so it doesn't hurt me so much. We weighed her and she's put on just over 100grams in three days so obviously we're doing something right! So the advice at this point is to just keep going
The only downside of the day is that the LC thinks I'm about a heartbeat away from mastitis in my left breast so I'm doing compresses, expressing in the shower etc to try and head it off.
Well done A!
Hope feeding continues to improve and that the mastitis stays away.