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The Breast Feeding Support Thread
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Two week check up today and my little girl is over her birth weight. Isn't it mad how happy hearing news like that can make you. Just coming out the other side of a growth spurt and a few tough nights, hearing she is thriving has made it all even more worth while.
Congratulations, that's brilliant news
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So, if have a plan of action. The paediatrician has given me 3 weeks. the lactation consultant said she has an immature suck and is burning loads of calories trying to get enough. So I'm feeding and expressing from the other side and then topping her up with this when she's finished feeding. It's tough going cos I'm expressing about 8 times a day.. But I can see the difference already! Hopefully it will show on the scale tomorrow
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Great admiration for your determination cbyrd with all your other kiddios to look after too! I'm sure you will see the difference tomorrow.So, if have a plan of action. The paediatrician has given me 3 weeks. the lactation consultant said she has an immature suck and is burning loads of calories trying to get enough. So I'm feeding and expressing from the other side and then topping her up with this when she's finished feeding. It's tough going cos I'm expressing about 8 times a day.. But I can see the difference already! Hopefully it will show on the scale tomorrow
I had great intentions to start pumping but the pump is still sitting in the cupboard from its last use 2 yrs ago ðŸ˜0 -
So, if have a plan of action. The paediatrician has given me 3 weeks. the lactation consultant said she has an immature suck and is burning loads of calories trying to get enough. So I'm feeding and expressing from the other side and then topping her up with this when she's finished feeding. It's tough going cos I'm expressing about 8 times a day.. But I can see the difference already! Hopefully it will show on the scale tomorrow
I don't envy you with the pumping but I'd do it myself if that was the solution to my problem. Just out of interest did the LC say that your baby's immature suck would right itself with time? Hopefully it will and you can cut back the pumping. I do it once a day myself and for me that's enough!0 -
Long post sorry.
So my bubs is 4 months and just found out his tongue tie, snipped around 5 weeks, has reattached
Said I would share the background in case anyone reading the thread in future has similar issues. When I was researching what could be up with my bubs I couldn't find much on it.
He has always fed frequently and for long periods at a time but I thought this was standard for a newborn, then thought he was a hungry baby, but at 4 months he is feeding nearly every 2 hours so said I'd get it checked out.
After the tongue tie was first snipped, the latch improved and once we were off nipple shields, he was no longer falling on and off. So I had thought all was fixed. His weight gain was fine too, more than fine.
Turns out weight gain can actually be linked to tongue tie. I think this is because the boob is being stimulated so often, albeit with an inefficient suck. So my body is making loads of milk. He is not able to empty the boob so is only getting the milk at the start of the feed. This milk is high in sugar but low in fat so it's not filling, so he feeds more often and takes in more of the high sugar milk to fill him up. So weight gain was grand cos of this. He had green poos though which indicated the high sugar intake. Just pointing this out cos I consulted with 2 lactation consultants who said that green poos were normal if weight gain was good and baby was happy. But I consulted another LC who made the link between the green poos from oversupply of milk and a tongue tie.
So I'm gonna get tongue tie re-snipped so that bubs will hopefully be able to finish the boob, reduce feeding time and slow the weight gain.
I wish I had gotten a LC to check earlier that it had not reattached rather than put LO through the re-snip now - I feel he will be more aware now of what is happening to him
Anyway, will post again afterwards to say if there is any improvement in latch and efficiency of feeds.
So TLDR my advice for anyone getting LO's tongue tie snipped is to get it checked that it doesn't reattach. Cos to me the symptoms of re-attachment weren't obvious but if I had had it checked, I would have known earlier.0 -
Long post sorry.
So my bubs is 4 months and just found out his tongue tie, snipped around 5 weeks, has reattached
Said I would share the background in case anyone reading the thread in future has similar issues. When I was researching what could be up with my bubs I couldn't find much on it.
He has always fed frequently and for long periods at a time but I thought this was standard for a newborn, then thought he was a hungry baby, but at 4 months he is feeding nearly every 2 hours so said I'd get it checked out.
After the tongue tie was first snipped, the latch improved and once we were off nipple shields, he was no longer falling on and off. So I had thought all was fixed. His weight gain was fine too, more than fine.
Turns out weight gain can actually be linked to tongue tie. I think this is because the boob is being stimulated so often, albeit with an inefficient suck. So my body is making loads of milk. He is not able to empty the boob so is only getting the milk at the start of the feed. This milk is high in sugar but low in fat so it's not filling, so he feeds more often and takes in more of the high sugar milk to fill him up. So weight gain was grand cos of this. He had green poos though which indicated the high sugar intake. Just pointing this out cos I consulted with 2 lactation consultants who said that green poos were normal if weight gain was good and baby was happy. But I consulted another LC who made the link between the green poos from oversupply of milk and a tongue tie.
So I'm gonna get tongue tie re-snipped so that bubs will hopefully be able to finish the boob, reduce feeding time and slow the weight gain.
I wish I had gotten a LC to check earlier that it had not reattached rather than put LO through the re-snip now - I feel he will be more aware now of what is happening to him
Anyway, will post again afterwards to say if there is any improvement in latch and efficiency of feeds.
So TLDR my advice for anyone getting LO's tongue tie snipped is to get it checked that it doesn't reattach. Cos to me the symptoms of re-attachment weren't obvious but if I had had it checked, I would have known earlier.
Sorry to hear Marz that you have to get it done again. And thanks for sharing your experiences. I really feel that hearing so many different experiences helps educate us on breastfeeding.
All things considered though - you've done your absolute best to make this work. You really shouldn't beat yourself up over not spitting it had reattached. There are so many reasons a 4 month old would feed frequently how the heck can you land on the one reason first time? While I don't have experience with tongue tie and snipping, 4 months is still really young. He might react a little more than the first time but he'll still get over it and won't remember a thing. Fair play to you for getting it done and keeping up breastfeeding. That's admirable
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Sorry to hear Marz that you have to get it done again. And thanks for sharing your experiences. I really feel that hearing so many different experiences helps educate us on breastfeeding.
All things considered though - you've done your absolute best to make this work. You really shouldn't beat yourself up over not spitting it had reattached. There are so many reasons a 4 month old would feed frequently how the heck can you land on the one reason first time? While I don't have experience with tongue tie and snipping, 4 months is still really young. He might react a little more than the first time but he'll still get over it and won't remember a thing. Fair play to you for getting it done and keeping up breastfeeding. That's admirable
Thanks kandr10
When I heard it had reattached, my heart sank, felt I was back to those difficult, early days of tongue tie, nipple shields etc. But I am glad we know now and can hopefully sort it out. Bit nervous about us both re-learning a new latch but hopefully it will go well.
Meant to say the first two lactation consultants I spoke to were at the maternity hospital and at a coffee morning. The third one I spoke to I had out at my house and paid for the visit. So it paid off having her take the time to concentrate on my bubs rather than waiting in a queue to see a LC like at the hospital.0 -
bovril wrote:I don't envy you with the pumping but I'd do it myself if that was the solution to my problem. Just out of interest did the LC say that your baby's immature suck would right itself with time? Hopefully it will and you can cut back the pumping. I do it once a day myself and for me that's enough!
Yes, she said as she gains weight and gets stronger her suck will slow down and not be as frantic. She called me today ( Saturday) to see how we're getting on. Through chatting about her birth weight figured out that it was probably from being given a dodi when she was in special care, they put glycerin on it to make sure she sucked it. So she got into the habit of a fast but not strong suck which made my supply drop. I can see it improving already. the better my supply is the slower and stronger she's feeding.
The LC also said she will try to get me an industrial strength pump for a month. I have to say that I am gobsmacked at how much she is helping and how proud she made me feel for going to the effort of feeding and pumping, but as I explained to her when my now 5 year old went to bottles the sickness from the dairy in the formula drove me demented AND I can just roll over in the night and feed her beside me and not have to get up for bottles! win win 0 -
cbyrd, well done, that's not an easy breastfeeding journey to have at all but you're playing an absolute blinder. It sounds like bubs has really trend a corner with the weight gain and long may it continue!
We've hit the six months to mark with feeding here, I'm really chuffed I had a mental goal of three months, and in the early few days that seemed like such an impossible task - breastfeeding is HARD starting out!! But we worked through tongue ties and lip ties,cracked and bleeding nipples, shallow latches and all night feeds (that still happens 
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Yes, she said as she gains weight and gets stronger her suck will slow down and not be as frantic. She called me today ( Saturday) to see how we're getting on. Through chatting about her birth weight figured out that it was probably from being given a dodi when she was in special care, they put glycerin on it to make sure she sucked it. So she got into the habit of a fast but not strong suck which made my supply drop. I can see it improving already. the better my supply is the slower and stronger she's feeding.
The LC also said she will try to get me an industrial strength pump for a month. I have to say that I am gobsmacked at how much she is helping and how proud she made me feel for going to the effort of feeding and pumping, but as I explained to her when my now 5 year old went to bottles the sickness from the dairy in the formula drove me demented AND I can just roll over in the night and feed her beside me and not have to get up for bottles! win win
Fair play to you. Also, it is great to hear about overcoming issues and getting good help and support for bf 0 -
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Can I just say how much I absolutely adore breastfeeding. We haven't hit the 6 month mark yet but that was my original goal and I've now revised it to get to the 12 month mark. It really is the most amazing feeling in the whole world to feed your baby yourself and then mid-feed when your baby stops for a bit to look up and gaze at you and give you a big milky smile is just heart melting. It was so hard in the early days but I am a million percent so glad I stuck with it. 0
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tinkerbell wrote: »It really is the most amazing feeling in the whole world to feed your baby yourself and then mid-feed when your baby stops for a bit to look up and gaze at you and give you a big milky smile is just heart melting. It was so hard in the early days but I am a million percent so glad I stuck with it.
Well done Tinkerbell.
I'm 11 weeks in myself and I feel the exact same way as you. I love the smiles mid feed. The other thing I love is seeing her weight go up each week. I go to a bf support group where you can get your baby weighed each week with no pressure. I am so happy knowing it's me that is causing the little pudding cheeks and thighs!!0 -
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tinkerbell wrote: »Can I just say how much I absolutely adore breastfeeding. We haven't hit the 6 month mark yet but that was my original goal and I've now revised it to get to the 12 month mark. It really is the most amazing feeling in the whole world to feed your baby yourself and then mid-feed when your baby stops for a bit to look up and gaze at you and give you a big milky smile is just heart melting. It was so hard in the early days but I am a million percent so glad I stuck with it.
Pregnant with #3 and the thing i'm looking forward to most is b'feeding again. Aside of course from the obvious meeting and getting to know babs. And it's our last so i can b'feed forever if i want 0
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