Hi everyone..

I havent been able to really have a chance to get online much, but Noah is soundly asleep atm so thought I would say hi and post an update while I can.

We have had the longest horrible week

Been having huge issues with bf.. Just when I think things are worked out something else seems to go wrong. In hospital we had attachment issues and I ended up grazed, blistered, bleeding nipples.. and cause I have flat nipples we were using a nipple shield.

The LCN has helped so much, and we have managed to get off the nipple shield and straight onto the boob. I was (sometime still am, more out of frustration rather than pain now) ending up in tears from the pain at every feed. I ended up with blocked ducts in left boob - and from the either that or the grazing I now have mastitis and am on ab.

Luckily I have access to a free lactation clinic, so far I have spent 4 full days at lactation clinic and will probably go back again next week as well. I honestly dont know how on earth I would have managed without help from the LC and think I would have well and truely given up buy now on bf. Now he is just refusing the left boob all together.

On the up side Noah is doing great guns, he is very healthy and has puts on tons on weight (he is getting plenty of food...just through a lot of pain!) and has changed so much already. He is generally sleeping pretty well 3-4 blocks most of the time during the night.. and shorter sleeps during the day.

Well that turned in to a longer than planned post.

Hope everyone else is doing well