How soon

MrsDCruz

did your milk come in after baby was born? I'm really praying to BF right away and I'm hopeful that my milk will be in....

lclark79

4 days like clockwork. You produce colostrum at first which is just enough for baby even though it doesn't look like enough. Baby's stomach is tiny at first! Then after a few days milk will come and you produce what baby needs at that time.

jill_aitoro7

this was a challenge for me.. it took a good 6 days or a week for the milk to BEGIN coming in, and then longer for my supply to increase to come close to meeting LO's need. Granted, I had a c-section, which I hear can slow the process down a bit, and he lost enough weight in the hospital to concern the doctors and require me to supplement with formula, which further impacted my supply coming in. I dont say any of this to concern you, but it's been a bit of a challenge. My LO is now 2.5 weeks old, and Ive managed to get enough milk in to cut out formula all together, though he still cluster feeds (nurses every horu or horu and a half) which leads me to believe I still need to get my supply up a bit.

 Im not giving up yet, but I have said in the past that it's annoying no one warns new moms how challenging breastfeeding can be. I went into it feeling a if it would come somewhat naturally. It helps to know challenges are normal.

At1stsight

lclark79:

4 days like clockwork. You produce colostrum at first which is just enough for baby even though it doesn't look like enough. Baby's stomach is tiny at first! Then after a few days milk will come and you produce what baby needs at that time.

Mine came in near the end of day 3. This exactly regarding the colostrum. So many women get confused and think bc there's no milk at first that they're inadequate at feeding their child. It takes somewhere between 3-7 days for your milk to come in. It's totally normal for babies to reach the lowest point in their weight on day 7 and take one more week to regain back to birth weight. Supplementing with formula should only be encouraged if your LO loses more than 10% of his weight; if you ever supplement anything at all, you need to pump every single time to make sure your body knows what LO needs and produces appropriately. GL!

MrsDCruz

Thanks for the info ladies! I was just curious... I know nothing about BFing and I really want to give this a legit shot.

At1stsight

CruzMommyG:

Thanks for the info ladies! I was just curious... I know nothing about BFing and I really want to give this a legit shot.

Good for you! I highly recommend just browsing through this board and reading our responses to ladies who are struggling so that you already know some of what you might face and how to handle it. There's a LOT of stuff that we just didn't know going into it bc it's easy to be so caught up in the pregnancy stuff.

For example, ask questions if you're told to supplement due to jaundice (it's not always necessary and sometimes over-advised), latching and sucking are not necessarily 100% instinctual for all babies at birth, any time you give something other than your breast you need to pump to keep your supply up, etc. Wade through some other posts and you can learn a lot about how normal it is to not have a 'perfect' or 'easy' bfing experience from the get go and how to cope with any setbacks you face. GL!

hunniebunches

day 3 for ds#2

day 4 for ds#1

vag deliveries for both