danni - big hugs hun.. it's not easy is it.. you're doing a fantastic job looking after a jazz right now that's she not well. it's stressful and you want to make her all better, that shows you're a wonderful mum...xoxox
we've been using 'little fess' nose drops for lakshman, it comes with saline drops and a little aspirator, designed for newborns. we've managed to suck out phelgm from his nose regularly and he's doing much better now. maybe it'll help. i think the box was about $12.

girls, ive reading all the posts but havent replied.
I'm at cross roads now. we went to see a LC on thurs and she showed me better positioning which helps me feed lakshman without a nipple shield. but im still constantly in pain and discomfort. feeding time is constantly on my mind and i dread it each time. it's becoming more a mental and emotional thing now.
i feel i cant go out and do anything. im trying my best to bf and the lc was my last resort. she did help heaps but i dont know for the sake of my mental/emotional well being if it's going to work. i know it will transfer to my beautiful baby.
i feel so guilty for wanting to switch and am constantly in tears from the guilt and the anticipation of pain from feeding. when i feed him, i think i can bear the pain just that little bit longer. but then i get into this whole circle of dreading feeding time. Poor Steve feels he's not doing much to help but he is. he wakes up when i feed him in the middle of the night so that i dont feel alone. he feels guilty for sleeping when im awake and in pain.
i think i need to talk to someone professional. my mother has slight depression and i went to someone a while ago and they told me i do get situational depression, maybe this is it. i know i got it from my mother as i pick these things up. and the last thing i want is for my baby to get it from me, i know how horrid it is.
i havent posted as well, as reading abt bf-ing makes me feel like a failure. nothing against anyone, it's just me. 7.5weeks of pain and emotional roller coaster is getting too much for us.
Maybe if we can resolve this emotional/mental thing it will get better....
Maybe we'll ring Tresillian....
I just feel why cant i do it, if everyone else can and they are enjoying it. it's so unfair.. im in tears as i write this.. I'm so lucky lakshman is such a good baby, the last thing i want is for him to inherit my emotional state.
twice my GP has said if it's causing you stress switch to formula, but as steve said they think the well being of both mother and child whereas LCs and ABA probably focus on the well being of the baby....

i'll be around. i love you all. xoxox