My lo will not for the life of me breast feed. I have talked to repeated lactation consultants, tried droppers, dr browns, feeding an ounce then bfing... Pretty much whatever. He gets frustrated every time and screams and screams. When he does latch it's good, but then he pulls off repeatedly. So I've been EPing. This is wearing on my nerves. Every time I go to the dr i leave crying because they make me feel like I'm a giant loser. They keep asking me when I'm going to get him on my breast like I am just neglecting him. It's almost like in their eyes EPing is worse than formula. He was jaundiced and we supplemented with formula at first. It takes almost 2 hours to feed him every time between pumping and him actually eating. Now they've put him on Zantac because they are saying he probably has acid issues so this will help to get him back to the breast. My DH has been off for the last two weeks so I've been getting a break, but now he's going back to work and I feel like I'm going to go insane. My DH only wants me to BF. he keeps talking about how much money formula is and how if I don't give breast milk then the baby isn't getting immunities. I don't really want to go to formula but my boobs ache and I haven't slept in years. I just am not sure how I can EP and meet the needs of my lo during the day without help. Anyone else?
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There is a lot of pressure put on us to "Exclusively Breastfeed". Sometimes it just doesn't work. DS wouldn't latch, he would just scream and scream and scream. I started pumping but we had to initially supplement with formula because
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Not feeding your baby is failure.
If you're feeling down, step back. Take a break. We are formula feeding because of similar frustrations. You have to do what works for you and what
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I don't have much to add but could have wrote your post two weeks ago. I just now can tell my horrific breastfeeding story without crying. My baby is now formula only, and it is better for both of us because breastfeeding was a nightmare fo
It could be that when you LO pulls off it's because the flow is too fast. You could try feeding after pumping a while. Also, you might find that a nipple shield helps--it was a good stepping stone for us and we only needed it a couple days.
I had no idea how people would react to my pumping only. My mom, a public health nurse a
I love the PP's use of EF! As long as you are feeding your baby, you ar
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I know how you feel. I was made to feel like a failure by family members and numerous LCs when I was trying to figure out why my nips were constantly in horrific, pull my down to my knees screaming pain every time he latched and it never went away. I h
Maybe consider switching pediatricians? Sounds like you're not getting the support you need. EPing is a hard job and sounds like you're doing it well. Just hang in there and keep going at it. Maybe one day he'll latch for you an