In article , "jools" wrote:

My baby is two weeks old and I am having trouble breastfeeding. At the
moments she will take no more than 5 minutes at the breast before becoming
distressed and crying/screaming. She then falls asleep and refuses to take
anymore from breast or bottle. I am worried that she will not be getting
enough feed - I have had no visit from a health visitor as yet so am unable
to judge my babies health - weight gain etc. In the last 8 hours she has
only fed for about 16 minutes in total - I am woried - can anyone offer any
advice

Congratulations on your little girl!

The first question I have is: has she been given any bottle feeds, and for
what reason?

Secondly, do you have a lot of leaking/spraying going on?

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