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COMPLETLY at the end of my rope!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK, so here's the story. (a bit long - sorry)
Gave birth by csection (after a 20 hour labor - ugh!!) 19 days ago. At first, DD was a great nurser but by day three when my milk wasn't coming in, we had to go to finger feeding as she was losing too much weight. Took me almost 8 days for my milk to come in. After that, we could never get her to latch on much again. Not only can we not get her to latch on, we can't get her to open her mouth to feed. We practically have to cram a bottle or finger feeding into her mouth. I have been religiously pumping every three hours and could fall asleep at the drop of a hat, I'm so exhausted. I have seen *4* lactation consultants in the hospital (there for five days) and 2 lactation consultants on an outpatient basis after that. I cannot for the life of me get this child to BF. No matter what I do. In fact, the last LC - GAVE ME A BOTTLE! Even she was like "um, here's a bottle. I don't hold out a ton of hope for you". I'm ready to SLAP the next person who sits there and berates me when they find out I'm pumping and can't get her on the breast. I'm trying!! Morning, noon and night, I am trying. I try at least four times a day if not more and yesterday I got her one once but haven't been able to since then and I've tried six times. Even my doctor said most women would have thrown in the towel by now and I've tried it all and not to feel guilty if I give her formula but I really, really want this to work. I'm so tired of pumping, I'm crying all the time trying to get her to bf and nothing we do works. We've tried it all - nipple shields, feeding her a bit at first to calm her down, finger feeding, massage, letting her get really hungry, *6* lactations consultants, books, magazines, internet sites for advice - you name it, we've tried it. I don't want to give up but I'm at my wit's end. Has anyone been in this place and what the hell do I do??? I can't pump like this forever and my breasts are ready to fall off. |
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