I just need to vent and let it all out. So TIA for listening ladies. So my DD is 6 weeks old and we were in a pretty good routine before this past week. We would feed every 4 hours and DD would breast feed for about 40min and then I would top her up with 1-2oz of pumped breast milk or a bit of formula if I was a little behind on the pumping. (We were doing this because DD was in the nicu and had lost 12% of her weight after birth so they put us on this routine in nicu so kept the routine at home until she gained all weight back and then was going to cut out formula) anyways It started about a week ago when I started getting some deep pains in my breasts during feedings and then noticed my milk supply went down a bit. Within a few days I noticed my DD had white patches in her mouth! Oh no! Thrush... Great. Turns out it was passed onto me as well( hense the pain) we have both been on medication for 4 days now( with no difference yet) but that's not the worst thing... DD won't breast feed!!! The only time she will is right in the morning, first feeding for about 20-30 min and then screams bloody murder the rest of the day whenever I try to put her on. And because of this my milk supply has gone!!! I have been literally pumping every 2 hours round the clock to barely get 1/2oz between both breasts during a pumping session! I even went out and got fenugreek and blessed thistle, cut all caffeine out of diet, upped my water intake. Going to buy the 400$ medela pump tomorrow to replace my avent pump (200$) in hopes that with help and also going to buy nipple shields in hopes my daughter might BF if I have those on cause I'm scared she's perferring the bottle now because she must be in so much pain from the thrush. I don't know what else to do and I do not want to give up. I am committed to breast feeding/pumping with all my heart. And this is all just so difficult right now and just want cry. Wow. I'm sorry this was so long. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!Xo
Re: Ready to cry. Breastfeeding, pumping, and FF.
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