Anyone awake I'm really struggling with newborn. He's 3 days old and it's third restless night because of constant latching. Tonight is however the worst because he's not giving me any breaks at all between feeds not even a minute and I been going at it since 1am non stop my nipples are really sorry and he doesn't want to stop š
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Oh darling I understand, my girl was the same at this stage. It does get better! Have you got nipple shields that you can use? And nipple cream too? Cluster feeding is totally normal and his way of getting your milk to come in thick and fast. The second and third nights as well are usually the ones they get extra cluster feedy and feel the most difficult. If you can try to sleep most of the day with him, you'll probably have another night like last night but it does ease I promise! And like I said use nipple shields as it will help with the pain and reduce any more damage, lansinoh cream is a life saver too.
You've got this mumma! You're doing an amazing job ā¤ļø