when did your milk come in with baby number one?

[rhii]

Charlie was born Tuesday night at 11:43 pm. It is Friday night now and nothin yet. Little man isn't wanting to latch anymore and it's discouraging to me and I feel so bad that he gets frustrated. he pushes away from the boob I'm pumping colostrum for him and giving it to him with a syringe and he totally loves that... so I'm hoping when milk comes in he will be more interested in the breast. I really want the bonding experience.... when should I worry that milk hasn't arrived yet?

 

[iwantabub]

Don't stress it can take a while I think I was on day 4 mine came in...

Try and get lo on the boob more coz him suckling makes your milk come in better then expressing...

The hormones u release when lo is on the boob are greater then expressing...

Good luck and try not to worry coz stress makes it worse...good luck and congrats on your lo !

 

[summer rain]

With my eldest it was day 4-5 when my milk started coming in xx

 

[SarahBear]

It came in the evening of day 3 (and she was born in the morning) for me but I believe 3 to 5 days is normal. If you're syringe feeding him, I'd be concerned about establishing a proper latch. You may want to talk to a lactation consultant about that to make sure you're not setting yourself up for nursing difficulties with the syringe.

 

[Randianne]

Totally normal! My LO was also born on Tuesday night and also had issues latching after a couple of days. I went to bed on Friday night frustrated, woke up once and noticed my LO was feeding better, and then when I woke up for the day my OH wanted to know how I had managed to get a boob job overnight. Just keep encouraging him to latch. Your milk will come in!

 

[meli1981]

Day three i think, but i have tones of milk, and he wanted it all the time

 

[seaweed eater]

For me it was kind of gradual on days 3-5. I was pumping from day 2 because LO was hospitalized.

 

[mrstrouble]

Day 4 or 5 for me

 

[sevenofnine]

Day 3-4.

 

[dudu23]

Oliver was born on a Tuesday morning and milk came on saturday evening

 

[schnoogles]

Have you spoken to a lactation consultant? It might be worth while, just to make sure he keeps latching correctly xx

 

[Katiekola]

It took four of five days for my milk to come in, i remember thinking 'it will never happen' but when it did, wow!! So much milk. On a complete side line, my boobs did not change throughout pregnancy at all or after birth until day 4 when they quadrupeled!

 

[minties]

About the end of day 5, and it was so slow coming in.

 

[XJessicaX]

2 days with my first. And wow did it come in! Massively hugely engorged due to crazy oversupply!

 

[sequeena]

Day 4-5 for me my breasts swelled, got really hard and they were very hot.

 

[Katerpillar]

Day 5 for me....felt like forever!! I never got the boob job look sadly and have never leaked once....but it's definitely there!!

 

[Bevziibubble]

Around day 5, it was quite slow as I'd lost a lot of blood

 

[discoclare]

Day 4 (I had an emergency c section). I was never engorged or leaking loads. The only reason I knew it came in was that DD1 was sick a little and it was white and runny and we realised my milk was there! I BF her for 8 months.

 

[discoclare]

So re-reading your post, at 36 hours (where you are) my milk hadn't come yet with DD1, it came about 12 hours after this.

I am worried that your LO won't latch though as you won't stimulate the breast as much with a pump. How frequently are you pumping?

 

[babyjan]

Mine came by the 3rd day x