Breastfeeding HELP
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Most hospitals have lactation consultants and all insurance (i think) is required to cover lactation related services. Also La Leche League has free meetings with lactation consultants and other moms in every city that i recommend. Also, try getting a Haakaa hand pump on amazon, $13 and it works on suction and just collects your breast milk so in a pinch you could bottle feed your breast milk. But seriously try la leche league first, you’ll get there it just takes persistence some times for her with that latch! Ps., my latch problem was that i wasn’t shoving her face onto my nipple firmly enough. I was too timid!
You don’t need a pump to get your milk into a bottle you can express with your hands , my ten week old does this every day she cries when I offer but also looks for it I usually offer when she’s in a good mood , and like others said I squeeze and make sure I have milk in the tip so she tastes the milk
Try breastfeeding in the bath. The hot water helped with let down and the more relaxed I was the more relaxed my daughter was.
Maybe because you are so engorged, she is having a hard time latching. Hand express some milk to soften them up. Do skin to skin to encourage her to latch.
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Do you have a nipple guard ?? She may need something bigger to latch on. My twins did that an it was rough but you just have to stay consistent girl ! You can do this ❤️ even if you walk with her an try to calm her while trying to get her to latch.
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Try putting some of the formula on ur boob. I also had todo that and it worked with one of my twins. 🤷🏻♀️ hope it helps !
They said I had nice big nipples and that’s why she is able to latch good . She just doesn’t want to anymore but She’ll down her formula
Yes! My 2 month old daughter is the same way.