supply issues following bad gastro
My baby and I both had bad gastro at the same time. we vomited everything for 24 hours and then had no appetite for at least 5 days.
As a result of neither of us eating and being sick and exhausted, my milk supply is seriously low.
I'm still sick with a cold virus, not sleeping well and feeding dd constantly through the night. She is unsettled and screams almost all day. I finally realised she's just not getting enough at each feed and is hungry again soon after. After a feed I can't squeeze out even a single drop of milk, my boobs are completely drained.
Failure is not an option. What should I be doing? I have tried EBM topup in a bottle but she doesn't understand bottles.
She's 6.5 months old and we were doing BLS but since she was sick I've been offering her mostly breast, but my fear is if she's really hungry should i give her more solids?
I'm worried about her health and I'll do anything to keep breastfeeding. please help.
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Jude 07/10/08 | Lilac 16/06/11