When will my milk come through
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I didn’t get my milk until about three weeks after giving birth. I had an emergency c-section and that just delayed my milk to come in. I kept on pumping and breastfeeding and it finally came in! Just don’t give up! In the beginning, I would breastfeed on each boob for about 10 minutes and then would pump for 15 right after. Because I was not producing enough milk, I did have to supplement with formula until I started producing enough breast milk. It is painful in the beginning but I promise it hurts less after about 6 weeks. My LO is now 5 months and I still have a lot of supply. It did drop around three months and then picked back up around 4.5 months. Try not to stress! ❤️
The moment I gave up mentally, and said fine I’ll feed my baby formula, a fed baby is better than a hungry baby. The flood gates of my boobs opened up! It’s a mental thing, the more pressure you put on yourself, the more it won’t happen but when you let go of the stress of getting something to happen, the more it flows to you naturally.
Have you had any help from a breastfeeding support worker?
don’t give up yet! keep latching baby, i’m sure it’ll come in soon
Please don’t give up this early! It’s so hard physically and even more so emotionally but it’s worth trying for a little longer. My LO struggled to latch and my milk didn’t come through until day 5. It was a good few weeks before we established good feeding but we got there in the end. They only need such a small amount as newborns, don’t put pressure on yourself to be producing loads straight away. Try and manual pump as well in the early days or a hospital grade one from the infant feeding team if you can speak to them.
Keep putting baby to the breast so they can start latching, BF is all about supply and demand your body cannot make the supply if your baby isn't demanding it. They only have tiny tummies so they will feed little and often x
It may be a bit of a process, but never give up if that’s something you want to do. I struggled as well because I got really sick postpartum. Just keep pumping frequently and drinking lots of water, they recommended 3L a day for me because I too lost a lot of blood. I also ate oats every day which seemed to help. My supply isn’t great but it’s so much better than it was and I’m able to feed good luck!!