Oh gosh I feel so sad?
My little girl is 1 day old. At first she was nursing 10-15mins every 1.5-2hrs. She is sooo teeny and has a really shallow latch andi have big nipples. I'd noticed they hurt so was offering one boob per feed & using lansinoh. Last night she started from 7pm cluster feeding on the hour for 20+ mins and screamed every time ww tried to put her in her moses basket. By 3am & no sleep I crack. Both nipples are so blisteted i cant bear anything touching them and can no longer squeeze colustrum.... so after many tears my dh suggested formula so we got some rest. So between nipple pain, after birth pain and my awful stitches on 2nd degree tear I sterilised a single bottle and offered her an oz of formula which she took most of then fell asleep on dh for almost 2hrs until 515. Still she won't settle in her moses. Any way I put her to the breast and she fed for 6mins of pure agony and is asleep on me.
I don't want to co sleep as she is so tiny. I don't want to swap to ff without giving bf a good go. Seeing my midwife today so hoping she can help improve her latch as I seriously can't feed through that pain.
I know cluster feeding is normal but how do I get her to sleep in her moses? How do I improve shallow latch? Apart from lansinoh how can I improve my nipples to get through this?
My little girl is 1 day old. At first she was nursing 10-15mins every 1.5-2hrs. She is sooo teeny and has a really shallow latch andi have big nipples. I'd noticed they hurt so was offering one boob per feed & using lansinoh. Last night she started from 7pm cluster feeding on the hour for 20+ mins and screamed every time ww tried to put her in her moses basket. By 3am & no sleep I crack. Both nipples are so blisteted i cant bear anything touching them and can no longer squeeze colustrum.... so after many tears my dh suggested formula so we got some rest. So between nipple pain, after birth pain and my awful stitches on 2nd degree tear I sterilised a single bottle and offered her an oz of formula which she took most of then fell asleep on dh for almost 2hrs until 515. Still she won't settle in her moses. Any way I put her to the breast and she fed for 6mins of pure agony and is asleep on me.
I don't want to co sleep as she is so tiny. I don't want to swap to ff without giving bf a good go. Seeing my midwife today so hoping she can help improve her latch as I seriously can't feed through that pain.
I know cluster feeding is normal but how do I get her to sleep in her moses? How do I improve shallow latch? Apart from lansinoh how can I improve my nipples to get through this?