Breastfeeding help!

ccgbbj · October 2013

Okay so my baby is 3 and a half weeks old. I breastfed for the first week, but she was jaundiced when she was born and while on my breast milk her billirubin levels kept rising and the nurses kept telling me I had to feed her more, so I supplemented with formula.. her billirubin levels started to decrease and she started finally gaining weight; than i got lazy and stopped breastfeeding her at a week and a half.. it has been 2 weeks since I stopped & I feel so guilty for stopping but I am deadset on wanting to start again..

Throw3ks · October 2013

Try pumping and see if that gets your supply back in gear.

thedash · October 2013

Call a lactation consultant ASAP! There may be one at your hospital and you can search online. I agree with PP you will need to pump and work on getting LO to latch. Good luck!

ordinary1 · October 2013

I also suggest seeing an LC. Also lots of skin to skin time. If you can, lay in bed with your baby for a weekend and just snuggle, nurse, and have as much skin to skin time as possible.

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