Hello,
I gave birth to my son 3 days ago afer a very traumatic emergency c-section and had my heart set on breast feeding him. Unfortunately he has other plans. As soon as he latches on and sucks twice he falls asleep. He seems to think boobs are pillows and are for comfort only. Whilst in hospital he was so hungry I was eventually persuaded to give him a bottle by a nurse who made it clear that I was a darn nuisence (and the only breast feeder on the ward). By this point I was so distressed I agreed panicing that he would starve to death. Distraught I have now bought a pump in the hope that when my milk comes in I will be able to feed him that but doubt he will ever accept my breast now he is taking bottles. I am pumping but as I am not producing milk yet nothing but a few small drops of colostrum are coming out. Will this mean my milk will never come in now? I am also doing lots of skin to skin in the hope I can encurage him but I am holding out hope for a lost cause and just accept that he will have to be bottle fed? Any advice greatly received.
I gave birth to my son 3 days ago afer a very traumatic emergency c-section and had my heart set on breast feeding him. Unfortunately he has other plans. As soon as he latches on and sucks twice he falls asleep. He seems to think boobs are pillows and are for comfort only. Whilst in hospital he was so hungry I was eventually persuaded to give him a bottle by a nurse who made it clear that I was a darn nuisence (and the only breast feeder on the ward). By this point I was so distressed I agreed panicing that he would starve to death. Distraught I have now bought a pump in the hope that when my milk comes in I will be able to feed him that but doubt he will ever accept my breast now he is taking bottles. I am pumping but as I am not producing milk yet nothing but a few small drops of colostrum are coming out. Will this mean my milk will never come in now? I am also doing lots of skin to skin in the hope I can encurage him but I am holding out hope for a lost cause and just accept that he will have to be bottle fed? Any advice greatly received.