Cluster feeding - mental impact
I'm not doing that well with breastfeeding - find it hard and one boob is currently out of action due to nipple damage and mastitis so having to pump on it to keep milk supply and ensure it drains of milk. I've had support from midwives and a breastfeeding clinic to get advice on latches but I just don't feel like it's clicking for me, especially as I had a very difficult and short lived breastfeeding journey with my first baby. My 2 week old is currently going through another cluster feed and he was on my boob literally all day and I had no sleep and he's now up again and wide awake just on my boob and I'm sat here crying and desperate for him to stop and sleep so I can rest. And tomorrow my toddler is off from nursery and not back till Tuesday so there will be even less chance for rest. I feel totally overwhelmed and exhausted and hating breastfeeding. Anyone else finding breastfeeding and the cluster feeds really hard?
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It is hard. My baby fed all afternoon and evening yesterday, I was just tied to the chair feeding her constantly. One thing I did with my first because of being knackered was introduce one bottle a day to give me and my boobs a break. Would you be open to trying that?
Either work, although a bottle of formula would give you more of a break. With my first, I mostly breast fed but we also did the odd bottle of expressed milk and formula and to be honest the flexibility really worked well for us. But you have to do what you feel comfortable with! Breast feeding is tough, am desperate to go to bed but currently feeding a little one who doesn't seem happy if not attached to the boob!! Glad you got some rest, hope your evening goes well!
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