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Hypoplastic breasts?
djtippietoes
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I'm notorious for playing Dr. Google and diagnosing myself with various ailments, but I think this one really could be a correct diagnosis.
I had a baby a week ago. He was early due to IUGR and born at 37 weeks. A week later and my milk still hasn't come in. If I pump for 15 minutes, I get about 5ml of colostrum/milk (not sure which it is - it's sort of yellowish). We are giving him formula in the meantime, but I started to wonder if I was part of the 1-2% of people that can't breastfeed due to hypoplastic breasts. I have many of the characteristics including breasts being far apart, breasts being two different sizes and no breast changes during pregnancy.
Anyone else have this? I called a lactation consultation today but haven't heard back yet.
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Re: Hypoplastic breasts?
Like PP said, start baby at breast first, pump after every feed to boost supply, do lots of skin to skin to get the hormones flowing, and perhaps do a weighted feed to see if you even need to supplement at all (not sure if it's too early for that). You can do it if you want to.
(Unless you don't want to BF, and are looking for an out. If that's the case, like PP said, you don't need permission. If FF is best for you, then that's ok, too. )