Breastfeeding

I’m 6 days postpartum when does breastfeeding get ‘easier’ not having to keep latching baby and baby can latch themselves and also when does cluster feeding come to an end and they have longer sleep windows? Especially at night!! Thank you 🙏 I need to see if there is a light at the end is this tunnel 😭

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For me I think it gets easier once LO turned 2 months old. She dropped to 2 feeds only in the night so basically sleeps from 9pm to 4/5am. Hope this gives you some hope. They do get easier in certain ways.

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I'm 10 days postpartum and I feel you. I've started to express and give the odd feed Via a bottle especially the late night one to try and get more sleep. Also my partner has been taking baby and doing the morning feed so I can go back to bed. I just make sure to pump that feed to keep my milk supply up. Don't know if I'm doing wrong or right but seems to be working for us.

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Hang in there! The first 2 weeks are the hardest. It gradually gets easier. I’m 7 weeks postpartum now and it’s much better. I had many days of wanting to give up in the beginning as it was exhausting but now feeds are abit more predictable and she’s going longer at night

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Being in it feels never ending but there’s light at the end of the tunnel and soooooo worth it to push through! I noticed a bigggg difference once my supply regulated at around 3 months

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