mummybear2011
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Hi ladies,
I've been breastfeeding lilly since she was born 10 weeks ago and i would say our journey has been a positive one compared to some that i hear of. i had no latch/supply/nipple confusion problems at all...thats until now and i've become mega paranoid about my supply!!
OH has always given LO a bottle of my EBM before bed which i have expressed that morning..this started off at 3oz and now she takes a full 8oz before bed and i easily expressed this for the night feed.
I had mastitis when LO was 6 weeks old so stopped expressing for a week to give my sore breast a break, since then i haven't had the 'full' feeling and am paranoid that i have lost some of my supply, not jus for expressing but for LO's regular feeds too
So, a week ago i started on fenugreek and havent really noticed a difference (i took 1 three times a day).
Yesterday, i noticed my nipples have gone smaller
To top it all off i took her to be weighed today and she's only gained 5oz in 10 days :'( i tried being optimistic and saying well, atleast shes gained weight, thats the main thing, right?? At the beginning she was following the 50th centile but now shes gone down to 25th. Today at 10 weeks she weighs 10lb 12oz and she was born 8lb 6oz.
I suppose what im asking is has anybody experienced this?? Any advice for how i can increase my supply? What did your LO's weigh at this stage? should i just call it a day? i love feeding her, but feel so stressed about it at the min..i just feel like giving up because feel shes not getting enough even though she pulls off herself and goes 2 hours between feeds except for when she sleeps through the night. she does about 2-3 dirty nappies a day and about 4-5 wet nappies.
I've been breastfeeding lilly since she was born 10 weeks ago and i would say our journey has been a positive one compared to some that i hear of. i had no latch/supply/nipple confusion problems at all...thats until now and i've become mega paranoid about my supply!!
OH has always given LO a bottle of my EBM before bed which i have expressed that morning..this started off at 3oz and now she takes a full 8oz before bed and i easily expressed this for the night feed.
I had mastitis when LO was 6 weeks old so stopped expressing for a week to give my sore breast a break, since then i haven't had the 'full' feeling and am paranoid that i have lost some of my supply, not jus for expressing but for LO's regular feeds too
So, a week ago i started on fenugreek and havent really noticed a difference (i took 1 three times a day).
Yesterday, i noticed my nipples have gone smaller
To top it all off i took her to be weighed today and she's only gained 5oz in 10 days :'( i tried being optimistic and saying well, atleast shes gained weight, thats the main thing, right?? At the beginning she was following the 50th centile but now shes gone down to 25th. Today at 10 weeks she weighs 10lb 12oz and she was born 8lb 6oz.
I suppose what im asking is has anybody experienced this?? Any advice for how i can increase my supply? What did your LO's weigh at this stage? should i just call it a day? i love feeding her, but feel so stressed about it at the min..i just feel like giving up because feel shes not getting enough even though she pulls off herself and goes 2 hours between feeds except for when she sleeps through the night. she does about 2-3 dirty nappies a day and about 4-5 wet nappies.