Help Breastfeeding

my first baby was in nicu for the first month, after having surgery at 2 days old so was bottle fed as they were very strict with his input, and after that I tried & tried to breastfeed but like your little one he refused to latch, it’s so disappointing, I tried for months afterwards and exclusively pumping, in the end I gave up, because I was being to hard on myself, it’s not the end of the world not breastfeeding, you’re feeding him and that’s all that matters, & what also matters is your mental health, so don’t be hard on yourself, you’re doing the best you can💕

So my LO rescues to latch so I use nipple shields which helps me and I slowly try and get her on the boob when possible.

I am going through something similar and have felt like quitting breastfeeding 1000 times I’ve had mastitis, nipple thrush, and recently blisters on my nipple got infected. I have mum guilt about giving up even though my breasts have been in constant pain these past 8 weeks. My baby has mild tongue tie so getting a deep latch can be hard and I constantly have to re-latch him during a feeding or he’ll give me nipple vasospasm. It’s gotten to the point where I’m almost exclusively pumping because his latch has caused so many issues. Although I don’t love pumping it has saved my sanity a bit, I give him bottles during the day and breastfeed 1-2 times at night (I pump every 4 hours for 15 min to give my breast a rest from constant pumping/feeding). I’d also check with your lactation team to ensure you’re using the correct flange sizes.
I’ve also found the flipple method can help get a better latch when breastfeeding.
You’re doing amazing, hope things improve soon! 💕

I’ve been having the same problem, my baby had a tongue tie which was snipped at 2 weeks but I never noticed and improvement with her latching. She often just screams at my boob and refuses it, leaving me no choice but to give formula. Thinking about giving up breastfeeding completely. It’s exhausting mentally and physically and my partner doesn’t understand nor appreciate it so I’m thinking it would just be easier and maybe once he’s spending hundreds on formula he would wish he appreciated it a bit more😆

My son didnt latch at all until 8 weeks and then it just suddenly clicked for him... my daughter is currently 6 weeks and she sort of latched the first 2 days but then my nipples basically lost all elasticity I dont understand what happened really but we ended up back in hospital and while we were there we had to use bottles and the staff were apologetic but I was like oh its fine and explained about my son so I wasnt worried and they all looked so shocked and said its super unheard of for a baby to learn to latch that late 🥴😬 im hoping thats not true and just a case no one had reported back to them that late in the game lol recently had mastitis and currently we have thrush so not trying to get her to latch atm but I do intend to keep trying... fingers crossed! And good luck to you!!