I'll post my birth story soon, but to sum up, I developed pre-eclampsia through labour and it got worse after birth to the point that my BP and temp were so high I had to be put on a magnesium sulfide(?) drip for 24 hours. This wore me down so my milk supply has been slow coming in. I started expressing 48 hours ago to try and encourage the milk and it seems to be working. I use the expressed milk to top him up when I can't satisfy his ravenous appetite!! He also had to have formula top-ups until my milk came in as he was losing too much weight.

I think we have it under control now - at least they let us come home today after keeping us there for 6 days instead of the 3 I was expecting...

So, under the circumstances I have to say expressing is good!! It's helped me and my boy get through a tricky patch... \/