Hayley, the only leakage probs we had was we bought a box and she had a huge growth spurt so by the end of the box they were getting a bit smallish. No leakage otherwise, I used them with DD1 first time no probs either...
Queenie, that sounds v. similar to the way E feeds, I was worried at first as H always took aaaaaages to feed and wondered if E was not getting enough. Now, as soon as she starts playing, I take her off to burp. If she's still unsettled or or does her little breathy noises I'll top her up (same boob). If she's still fussing she finally (and only rarely) gets offered the 2nd boob. Sometimes there's still milk in BB#1 but I think she doesn't want to work hard to get it KWIM...much easier just to have it squirting in from a full BB! LOL. When E screams these days it's more windy, but if I've forgotten the Zantac she'll let me know about it too. Don't worry about expressing a nearly-empty BB unless you are having supply issues or you want to collect EBM.MD tx 4 asking, she *seems* to be better but still get some painful screaming post-feed. NFI if i am feeding her enough as she usu only has one boob per feed & that gets chugged in 10-15 mins, then wrestles with my boob but doesn't suck properly, but she seems quite ok and last wk weighed 7-800g over birth weight. the screams seem quite harsh and painy kwim? occasionally she gets the 2nd side too but quite often just falls aslep. hang on- she is just getting the 2nd side now, but 1st side still seems to have some when i squeeze even though it feels... um... floppy & empty! Can you o BF gurus explain this?? should i express it????
ETA - also meant to say Queenie, in a couple more weeks your confidence in what you are doing will pick up, S will seem more settled and you'll start to notice more meaningful patterns in her behaviour. It sounds to me like you're doing all the right things instinctively. We all took a few weeks getting past our natural self-doubt and you will too!
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