A trip to my mom's put baby and I both in agony! Please help!

[dinosaur2010]

With my first baby our stories are quite similar- she was 5 weeks early and didn't have strength to latch on so I pumped and bottle fed and kept trying to breastfeed. I felt like giving up so many times and I could feel my supply dropping. I was really distressed about the whole thing. I started using formula as I wasn't producing as much as she wanted, but one day she just latched on and fed. This was around 3 weeks I think. I topped her up with a bottle for about a week as I'd got so used to measuring milk that I wasn't confident that she was full. Then I eventually stopped the top up and went on to feed for 15 months.
Having pumped for those 3 weeks I can say that breastfeeding is much easier! Keep trying and speak to your midwives/health visitor for help too x