Trouble Latching

I had so much trouble with my son’s latch, and it took a long time for it to be easy but I’m glad I kept trying. It’s SO hard but that doesn’t mean it’s always going to be hard 💚

I found lots of skin contact, asking my husband to check our position, putting drops of milk on my sons lip and “burger hold” (so attractive 😅) to squish my boob into his mouth! I went to see A LOT of lactation consultants and got snippets of help from everyone that added up to be able to crack it.

One thing to mention is that (if everything is healthy) your supply will meet your babies need, so if you top up with formula you should pump as well so your boobs don’t think your babe missed a feed

please do and can u send me ur protein diet like what do you eat daily bc im lost as to what to eat sometimes I’d like to keep my diet on anything that can also boost my breast milk

thank you I saw a lactation consultant I was iffy of going again bc she was extremely helpful and help get my first real latch with my son I just wished one time was enough to encourage me to be successful in it but I think I’ll just head over to her daily to keep getting help

For me, quite a bit of the advice didn’t work and it was just a case of trying everything and seeing what worked! Everyone has an opinion and if something works for you then just go for it! For example, I was recently told the “burger hold” was awful for letdown and would give me blocked ducts- but it never did, and it massively helped his latch.

You can see on my profile a post about how frustrated I was, but now 15 months on and I’m still feeding and it’s so easy and I love it!

how old is your baby now ?

if you want to up your production you can try supplements like moringa, milk thistle, brewer yeast supplements


and power pump 20 10 rest 10 minutes pump

you can as well try a nipple shield if your comfortable with it


are your nipples inverted ?

maybe try the football hold on which ever side your baby turns too

all the advice i can give you is stop giving the bottle if that’s what your doing 🥹 and just attach to the boob 2 ounces each boob is okay and your body will start making more the more you attach baby



check your flange size if you haven’t done so

Hello! I had problems too. I did well laying in bed tummy to tummy and feeding that way. I used to have to grab the skin on my areola and pull it up so my nipple was more of a sliver like a flat line that i could slip between his lips. Also sometimes squirting a lil milk in his mouth then slipping the nip in his mouth helped.

I had trouble latching with my baby too & it was a journey but it stuck at it & I am now 6m established BF. Has your baby been checked for tongue tie too? My LB was told he was tongue tied but not enough to have it cut. We went private in the end & it completely changed my BF journey!

I had low supply at the start as my milk was delayed coming in. I had to do formula top ups as he lost weight at the start.

Lots of skin to skin & keep putting him on the breast, then pump & it will eventually all fall into place. You need to drink a shit tonne of water too & stay hydrated!

Happy for you to message me if you want any further help. Hang in there it took me a good 6 weeks to find our groove x

im trying not to give myself a hard time and really trying to find my own way through all suggestions I hear, ur is frustrating but hopefully my own way will come easy once I find it

so I tried grabbing my skin on the areola like u did and it worked for a but I’ll keep trying because he actually latched on

he latched beautifully when I went to see a lactation consultant but once I got home and tried for myself i couldn’t do it on my own, I’ve heard skin to skin helps so I need to keep trying that and see where our rhythm will come from

YAY! Youve got this. I know how your feeling. I was in tears and feeling so hopeless, there is a light at the end of this tunnel.