Pumping

I’m looking for a bit of advice please. I had a Caesarean section and a bleed post birth so didn’t get skin to skin for over 4-5hours.

I found breastfeeding and expressing really difficult at the start as my little one would cry with frustration due to low milk supply or fall asleep on the breast (he had jaundice).. I tried to continue breastfeeding with formula top ups until about a couple of days as I’m physically and mentally exhausted (my little one is now three weeks old today). I’m now pumped every three hours including overnight and feed formula to top up. When pumping, I’m only able to achieve between 25-40ml combined.

We saw a specialist midwife who advised he had a tongue tie which is now being sorted but still issues with latching and falling asleep at the breast.

I’ve even started taking fenugreek a couple days ago recommended by the lactation nurses.

I’m worried that my milk supply will reduce now that I’m no longer attaching to the breast just pumping. Am I doing the right thing?

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breastfeeding

hi mums! out of curiosity when did everyone stop breastfeeding their baby

Sleep trainers

Are sleep trainers worth the money? I really feel like my husband and I have made a rod for our backs! Our little boy is 13 months and to go to bed he has a bath, book, bottle and then lays in our bed with one of us until he falls asleep and then we transfer him to his cot and that’s where he stays until 7/8am we’ve done this since he was born! The problem is I return back to work in a few days and it’s just not possible putting him to bed this way! Some nights I’m with him for an hour getting him to go to sleep! He’ll also be staying with our mums and I know they can’t lay in bed with him and wait either! I just don’t know what else to do!!!

Baby walker

Have any of you guys used one of these? Do you recommend it?

11 days postpartum

I had a 2nd degree tear which they’ve stitched up. I felt down there and everything feels different. Guaranteed I already knew it wouldn’t be the same. But it feels like she’s stitched it up to one side rather than in the middle. I’m just wondering if everything’s going to go back to normal.

(Gentle-ish) sleep training at 4 months

I know this is controversial topic so no hate please.

My daughter is 4 months old. Shes always been tricky to get down in the evening but this has worsened over the past few weeks and it’s now taking us over 2 hours from the start of bedtime to put her down. We are rocking her to sleep but she wakes up as soon as we transfer her which ends up in hysterics each time. My husband works away a fair bit and I also have a toddler who is needy at bedtime so this isn’t really sustainable in the long run.

I’m looking into sleep training and I know I don’t want to do CIO but am aware that some form of controlled crying is probably needed. So my question is has anyone sleep trained at 4 months and had success - if so which method did you use? She doesn’t respond that well to patting or shushing so not quite sure how to approach. She also has a dummy which we’d like to get rid of at the same time.

9 Month Sleep Regression -Help!

Hiii mamas

Me and my kiddo are currently in the sleep regression trenches. This one has hit the hardest of all of them! Me and my husband are really struggling. Our baby barely naps, has tons of night wakings.

At this point I’m desperate for anything that could help her. I can tell how exhausted she is and I feel bad! I just want her to get some sleep. 😭 pick of my baby cause she’s also super cute.