Thank you
I am BF and struggling with latch problems so my nips are beyond sore & also I have low supply.... It's so rough he eats every 30 minutes to an hour so I am always feeding him. Have you tried rolling up a washcloth and placing it under your breast while she eats? It helps with women with large breasts. I hope it gets easier for us.

Brooke wow ur doin amazing harmonie eats all the time so i had to pump and give her ebm to givve my boobs a break ur doin so well i hope it gets easier for us too. What r u doin to build ur supply? Pumpin gave me an oversupply so maybe it wil increase urs and i will try tht thank u x

Well I was pumping after feedings but now that he eats so often I don't get a chance. Yesterday I had o pump after feeding him so I could syringe feed him what I has pumped... He's gonna be a little chunky boy I bet.
So how are you doing other than BF?
My body is so sore all the time probably from not sleeping. I wish I could drink some energy drinks! I need something.
Dylan never lets us put him down either he screams as soon as someone lays him down. I am co sleeping with him and I have to hold him while we sleep. Lol

Thanks Brooke and youngwife. Glad to be home!

Brooke, your son is just gorgeous! Sorry to hear you're not getting any sleep. I can sort of understand because Keira has colic and wind issues so is constantly in pain alot of the time therefore not getting much sleep. We also have family staying with us atm so it's hard to entertain them and look after Keira. My mum is helping but it seems there aren't enough hours in a day!!

But i'm thinking Keira's colic and wind problems are a result from me being on antiobiotics and now that i've just finished them, i'm hoping she will get better. It totally messed up my system and i got a yeast infection so i'm sure she would have suffered also. Poor girl! I'm taking probiotic supplements now which are meant to help with all of that and also good for Keira and her wind problems.

I've had an over supply of milk and suffering with very engorged and painful boobs. Not to mention the leaking... i'm hating that! But i agree that pumping should help to increase your supply Brooke but you're already doing that.. hoping things get better for you. Feeding your little one every 30mins to an hour sounds exhausting and i thought i had it bad.

I wonder how Kimbre is doing? We haven't heard from her in awhile..

I'll post more photos when i get the chance. xo

How is the syringe feeding going? Harmonies been bottle fed EBM from birth and never had any problems with latching etc. But we didnt give her a Pacifier till she was 6 weeks or so old.
Im doing great! I reely love being a mum!! She only wakes up once at night at 3am. We put her to bed at 10pm then shel wake at 3am then my husband will feed her at 6am before work ( sshe doesnt usualy wake but she probably would in like half an hour lol so we feed her then so she then will sleep till 9am! so its so much easier than it was to start with!!

We are so broody that when she is 12 weeks old we will be trying for baby number 2!!

wow i couldnt co sleep. id never sleep! im realy jumpy so is my husband. so id be worried id jump when i heard her cry. have you had one full night sleep yet hun? I pump for the night and hubby does the feeds . to start with i woke to pump n he did everything else. but now i dont wake. il just pump of what she ate at night in the morning. sorry that your so sore! maybe on ur husbands day of he can look after everyone and u stay in bed all day? and just do feeds? and your partner can do nappy changes baths etc! its important you get a break!!
x

Kim- how do you know when babys got collic or wind isues?

what coursed your oversupply? pumping to much caused mine i didnt know they can just happen? i know how you feel about engorgment mine have cooled down abit now but they used to get engored even after i had fed them emptied them after an hour. but apreciate this oversupply lol because when i did i started building a stash of milk for the freezer lol
and i leak soo much i have to have two towels on my bed to catch the leak lol

and seroously brooke i agree with kim lol i thought i had it bad too lol but ur doin sooo welll!!

xx

AWWWWWW LOOK AT THAT HAIR!! ABSULULTY PERFECT!!! YOU MUST BE SOO PROUD!!! AWWW

*Im gonna send Kimbre and Inbox message. I do hope shes okay too xx

Brooke- Do you use a Pacifer? Giving her a pacisfier has made things so much easier we dont have to hold her till she falls asleep anymore. Put her in At 10pm ( If shes not already asleep we give her the Dummy ) Keeps her calm. i was worried that I wouldnt be able to access her needs if she has a dummy but its so easy to tell when shes hungry she either sucks the dummy super hard puts her had over her dummy to try and push milk out lol or spits it out. and if somethings really wrong she wont take the dummy. I think its great i try to only give it toher in the evenings or a few times if im busy during the day and she needs a nap xx

Well we kinda assumed she had wind problems when she would sqirm and cry at the beginning of each feed and she would lift her legs up towards her stomach. We knew by her cry she was in alot of pain. She always had me in tears because i felt so helpless. All i could do was burp her for 30mins to an hour and put her into her bouncer to sleep as it is more upright than her bassinet. We found her sleeping more upright helped a little. Also Went to see midwife and she suggested infacol and it has finally started to work! So happy she is starting to get some relief!

During the first two weeks my milk supply was so huge that every time i went to sleep (day or night), i was waking up in a pool of breast milk. I too have to sleep with several towels underneath me plus a big towel down my top. Yeah attractive i know haha but i would cry upon waking because it was that bad everything had to be put in the wash several times a day. My mil bought me an electric pump as all i had was a manual which was taking forever to get relief from my painfully engorged boobs.. I pumped once whilst in the hospital so not sure if that encouraged more milk.. but my mum also had the same issue though not quite as bad as mine.