DD i was in labour for 17.5hrs before she went into distress and was rushed in for an emergency ceaser, she took to the breast great in the beginning but refused as nothing was coming out. Milk ended up coming in on day 5! By then she just wasnt interested at all, it took 4 weeks of trying to feed at the breast first and then try to express with a screaming hungry baby so she had something to eat she was also wanting to feed every 2hrs 24hrs a day no big stretches. I managed to get her on the boob around 4 weeks where she would still feed every 2 hrs all day and night but would also take 1.5hrs to feed then half an our later we would start over again.
After 7 weeks of this i snapped and fed her a bottle of formula, i wasnt copping i was starting to resent her even being near me, the lack of sleep was the most awful thing! She slept for 5 hrs straight after her first bottle! (mind you i could express 200 + mls in one sitting no probs)
DS has been pretty cruisy so far thankfully i havent really had any problems other than teeth :S but he loves his boob and i couldnt be more happier to feed him.
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