Tired FTM here

paradebegone

DD is doing amazingly well.  She was born on May 24th at 33 weeks, 4 days and is 7 weeks old and has been home with us for 4 weeks now.  And I am exhausted!  We've been fortunate enough to be able to EBF since she's been home and she's continued to gain weight.  I've stopped the teas and fenugreek for about a week or two now.

Initially, I could get anywhere from a 1-3 hour break from nursing.  But the last couple of days, she's been at it every hour.  It doesn't matter if she nursed for 5 minutes or 20, about an hour later she's screaming her head off.  This happened one night last week and I thought it was a fluke or a growth spurt.

 My midwife seems to think this is from stress and I shouldn't be leaving the house with her at all.  She tells me that it is not about my milk production or supply. 

I don't think it's my milk because there's always milk in her mouth when she pulls away and I still leak a bit, despite the frequent feedings.

How is it possible to continue at this pace?  Any ideas on what is going on here? Or encouragement that this will end?

flerlgirl

I am not bfing but I've heard a few friends talk about this! It lasted for several days and then resolve itself. Hopefully your lo will take pity on you soon. Hang in there!

mikeANDjen448

My DD would frequently fall asleep at the breast and my ped had me keep her awake for a full feeding each time. This helped her sleep longer and also get the hindmilk. I would rub her hands, feet, ears, etc. in extreme cases where she just wouldn't eat I would have to flick her feet. That one hurt the worst but she absolutely needed to eat KWIM. I couldn't let her go longer that a few hours. Now she is on a self schedule of every 2-3.5 hours. Hang in there!  It WILL get better!!