DD is down to one BF a day, the first morning feed. She use to favour my left breast but since weaning, she's switched to the right so much so that she won't really drink for my left side at all. This has been going on for a couple of weeks now and she will only spend 20 seconds or so at my left breast even if I offer that side first. She sometimes bashes my left side too, like "c'mon milk, I'm waiting and getting impatient!"
So do you think my left breast is *empty* (LOL!)? Should I just stop offering that side? Is it OK to just feed off one side? And the million dollar question - will my already saggy boobs get even worse and become lopsided?!
One side is fine. I would think since you're only doing one feed a day that there wouldn't be any difference in size. Your supply will have dropped a lot by now, of course, but it's not so much that one side isn't making milk (it will if she feeds on it), but that side may have a slower flow.
My DS now 14 mnths has been feeding off the one boob since about 10mths...side he preffered, and TBH, side i preferred. Supply has reduced a lot, so its not like ive got one full boob and another deflated. Never happened with the other kids...but i would think when this monkey weans, they would just balance out ??
GL !
I BF my youngest for 2 years and for the last 9 months or so he only fed off my right breast. Yes it looked lopsided at the time but YES they evened up and are identical again. He is now 4.
Thanks girls!!! That was just what I needed to hear.
I'll continue to offer her the left side but will stop worrying now if she's not all that interested. I find it amusing that she's swapped faves along the way, it was always the left and I thought it was because I naturally cradle her in my left but obviously the right has something better to offer these days. LOL!
Is feeding off one breast OK?
so much so that she won't really drink for my left side at all. This has been going on for a couple of weeks now and she will only spend 20 seconds or so at my left breast even if I offer that side first. She sometimes bashes my left side too, like "c'mon milk, I'm waiting and getting impatient!"
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For some reason all 3 of them hated the left one? hahaha
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