Community› The Bump Message Boards› Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding
New Discussion

Intro and latch question

Lhageme85Lhageme85 member
in Breastfeeding
Hello-

I am a FTM and am EBF my 7 week old DD. She has had a slightly shallow latch since the beginning but we have been working on it and had been doing well. The last few days she has been unlatching and relatching several times during nursing sessions, especially on the middle of the night. The problem is instead of latching nicely she just kind of 'slurps' the nipple back in and not only does it hurt but I'm back to correcting each latch. Could this be an over active letdown problem? Distraction? Bad habit? Any advice on either keeping her latched or encouraging her to latch properly?

Thanks in advance, I've learned a ton from this board and appreciate all your expertise!
Baby E born 1/29/2014
Baby #2 due 8/24/2016
Report Reply to Post

Re: Intro and latch question

  • BootsOrHeartsBootsOrHearts member
    edited March 2014
    It's a bit too early for distractions, so I'm guessing it's one of two things: 1. overactive let down in which case you can try pumping or hand expressing the let down or try laid back nursing position 2. the milk is coming out too slowly and she is getting frustrated.

    Given the shallow latch, it's probably number 2. If it takes a while for your milk to let down you can try 'priming' with a pump or hand expressing to get things going and that might help but if it's happening partway through that won't help.

    Have you seen a LC about the latch? There's also some good videos on how to get a deep latch, i.e. flipple. Again, laid back nursing often helps because you have gravity on your side.

    Edit: I'm typing too quickly and not making sense. My point being if she has a shallow latch, not only is it irritating to you but it also makes it hard for her to get the milk out. So that could be the source of the frustration and hence latching/delatching.
    **Warning: Losses and living child mentioned**
    BFP#1 1/31/12, EDD 10/6/12 Harrison Gray born sleeping @ 18w6d. You changed our lives little guy.
    BFP#2 EDD 10/29/13, C/P 2/25/13, Bye little Ish, we barely got to know you.
    BFP#3 EDD 12/21/13, Baby Boots born 11/23/13 My rainbow baby!
    image

    imageView Full Size Imageimageimage
    January PAL Siggy Challenge: Good Advice
    image
    image

    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • Lhageme85Lhageme85 member
    We did see an LC early on but it has been a few weeks. She has been doing well with getting a deep latch except for these few MOTN feeds. She has started giving us some 5-6 hour stretches at night and I haven't adjusted yet, so am a little more 'full' at those times. Maybe that is contributing?
    Baby E born 1/29/2014
    Baby #2 due 8/24/2016
    Report Reply
  • BootsOrHeartsBootsOrHearts member
    Lhageme85 said:
    We did see an LC early on but it has been a few weeks. She has been doing well with getting a deep latch except for these few MOTN feeds. She has started giving us some 5-6 hour stretches at night and I haven't adjusted yet, so am a little more 'full' at those times. Maybe that is contributing?
    Yes that could be. It's harder to get a good latch on a full/hard breast especially when her mouth is so itty bitty :-)
    **Warning: Losses and living child mentioned**
    BFP#1 1/31/12, EDD 10/6/12 Harrison Gray born sleeping @ 18w6d. You changed our lives little guy.
    BFP#2 EDD 10/29/13, C/P 2/25/13, Bye little Ish, we barely got to know you.
    BFP#3 EDD 12/21/13, Baby Boots born 11/23/13 My rainbow baby!
    image

    imageView Full Size Imageimageimage
    January PAL Siggy Challenge: Good Advice
    image
    image

    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"