My dear mom (did I ever actually complain about her coming to stay for so long? What was I thinking?) paid for me to have a consultation with a lactation consultant today. Well, it took her all of five minutes to figure out that Hope has a tiny mouth and short, steep palate, and that all we needed was to work on her latch. Within a couple of minutes, she was sucking away. I almost cried with relief.
I still need to practice on my own to get it down, but at least I know that my baby girl can b/f just fine. Its just her mommy that needs some work! What a relief.
Re: Hooray! Major b/fing break through today
Yay for your mom being there! It must be SO helpful to you. And yay for little Hope! I'm so happy you guys have worked this out!!
that's great! I was amazed how the LC could tell me when I had additional let downs - I didn't feel them but she could tell just the way that Avery was sucking...
how is BFing twins going? that's so cool!
Congrats, I am glad you figured out the problem and that it is easily fixed with just a little work.
Kerri