Im typing one handed so please excuse any spelling/grammer mistakes.
DD is 1 week 2days old today. breastfeeding started off great and my milk came in on day 3 after my csection. She is fully breatfed. the last couple days things havent been so perfect with a horrible time last night. we start our nights with a bath about 8pm and then a breastfeed for as long as her heart desires which is usually no more than 1.5 hours. usually she then settles down for the night and sleeps a couple hours before her next feed. but lastnight after her bath, she fed... until almost 2am. needless to say i was losing patience and i was exhausted. almost 5 hours at the breast.. my nipples were feeling it aswell. she finally passed out from exhaustion (which made me so sad) from feeding, crying, feeding, crying.... it got that bad.. if i had formula i would have almost caved
i have plenty of milk (ive expressed about 80-100mls in 30 minutes.. ) and she is pooing frequently and has heavily wet nappies.
We get up this morning about 8am and we have been feeding ever since (its almost 11am) with a small break in between because I had to dress DD1. She usually would have been asleep by now but if I put her in her bassinet, swing or bouncer, she just gets so distressed and begins looking around for boob again. This can be after an hour of constant feeding, burping etc. I know shes had enough because she gets sleepy and doesnt suck aswell and just **** farts around on there. But 5 minutes later shes back on there sucking good for 5-10 sucks.. then stops.. then crys... then back on...
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