doumauk
mama to salim,expecting
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Well I apologize in advance if this doesnt make any sense at all. After having a bad few days with Salim, the health visitor came to do his 3 month check a month early due to us flying to morocco in 3 weeks. Ive been ill for a few days with the cold virus thats going around, not been eating much and just generally feeling down and stressed. Im totally breastfeeding him and up until a few days ago it was going really well.
He weighed 6lb 15 at birth
putting on 8-12 oz in a week
7 week he was 10lb 8 oz and when she weighed him today he has lost 4oz. She said he is hungry and needs topping up with formula after every breastfeed. I feel like such a failure. If i breastfeed him I feel like im starving him and if i bottle feed him I feel like im not doing enough as a mum, this isnt to offend any mums who choose to bottle feed, I have nothing against it what so ever I just really wanted to breastfeed for as long as I can. No one in my immediate family have breastfed and dont really see why I breastfeed so dont understand why im so down about it. Its been playing on my mind all day that I havnt done a good enough job.
Do you think he has lost that weight because of my lack of eating? What more can I do to make my milk good for him again? I really dont wanna stop feeding him
Thanks for reading
He weighed 6lb 15 at birth
putting on 8-12 oz in a week
7 week he was 10lb 8 oz and when she weighed him today he has lost 4oz. She said he is hungry and needs topping up with formula after every breastfeed. I feel like such a failure. If i breastfeed him I feel like im starving him and if i bottle feed him I feel like im not doing enough as a mum, this isnt to offend any mums who choose to bottle feed, I have nothing against it what so ever I just really wanted to breastfeed for as long as I can. No one in my immediate family have breastfed and dont really see why I breastfeed so dont understand why im so down about it. Its been playing on my mind all day that I havnt done a good enough job.
Do you think he has lost that weight because of my lack of eating? What more can I do to make my milk good for him again? I really dont wanna stop feeding him
Thanks for reading