Cluster feeding?

Night 3 was our hardest! And in hindsight, my milk came in the next day so it’s likely the intense cluster feeding was to help provoke that.
It got so much easier after that night.. and now at 2 weeks old my son is sleeping 3-5 hour stretches 🙌🏻

This is me still at 14 months comfort nursing 😅 no nothing wrong at all, your babe is tiny.. she needs to cluster feed to increase your milk supply to her requirements which will happen a lot as she grows. It is exhausting but normal! X

Agree with the above, definitely looks like cluster feeding, was the same for me, it’s so hard but just have to power through and keep reminding yourself it won’t be like this forever (that really helped me to get through it). My LO is 4 months and sleeps 6/7 hour stretches, which she has done for a long time now x

This is totally normal. Your baby is following her instincts and trying to bring your milk in, it’s really positive. I know it may not seem like that because it is incredibly hard, but that’s what your baby is supposed to do. After day three it should get easier because your milk should come in. Baby may go through other phases of wanting to feed a lot, this is because they need to up your milk supply so they can grow. You’re literally sustaining a life and it’s something to be really proud of. It is sooo hard, but it’s what your baby needs in order to grow.

This happened to me day two and three and like above said my milk came in and it eased now she goes 3/4 hours xx

Have cups of tea and food during the night to get you through those first few days. Baby is just helping to bring in your milk. You could also try hand or manual pump expressing to bring in your milk.

Yes ! The cluster feeding comes with the territory. I went through in the first days and weeks. My lo is 6 months now and she still cluster feed’s occasionally. But in this stage you are in now the cluster feeds will be necessary to increase your baby’s growing demand. Also they will cluster feed close to or around each other lactation crisis. so hang in there mama! Your doing great!

Nothing wrong with you at all - she’s a tiny baby just learning what to do. You’re her place of safety and comfort. They feed so much to up your supply in the first few days. You’re doing amazingly ☺️
I found it easier to try to relax into it and trust the process rather than recording on the phone then getting fixated on the timings- it’s such a natural thing and it won’t be like this forever.
Is safe bed sharing a possibility for you, if you look into safe sleep 7 and nursing on your side lying down it can enable you to get some sleep. Cosleepy on Instagram has good resources about chest sleeping also.

Awwwww I feel for you with this. I had no idea about cluster feeding until we had our little boy in January. You are doing amazingly, keep going mama!!!

So I don’t know if this is going to make you feel better or worse, but here it goes… my son cluster fed from 10pm-4am every night for the first 7 weeks of his life. It was hell. The only way I survived was my husband taking him from 4am so I could sleep for 2.5 hours before he had to leave for work. I’ve never been so exhausted. BUUUUT we did survive, it all seems like a dream now. He’s 2.5 years old. You can do this (but it’s definitely going to suck).