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eva026:
just popped on with a question.
how much constant nursing is normal with a newborn? She's 4 days old.
Day 1-3 were on the breast most of the time but naps in between with NF every 2 h
Now on day 4 she started nursing at 1pm and hasnt stopped till 10pm. Shell drift off for 15 then in back at it again. Im wondering how I'll sleep tonight.
So is this much normal and when does it stop? my back is killing me and peeing with a nursing baby attached is not easy!
eva026:
Just added info, its not a supply issue. I can feel the milk is constantly being produced and my breasts are filling up very quick. Im worried they will be balloons tomorrow with blocked ducts.
eva026:
I'm in a crisis here. Really thought BF would be ok this time and we'd just have the other stuff to worry about. Dd has been nursing constantly from yesterday. At night I managed to get her down 3x for an hour each. The break between the last night feed and the morning one was 1.20h with rocking and persuading her to use a dummy. Since 6 am it has been more of the same. I made sure she got a full feed- 30 min total with 2 breaks for nappy change and a tickle to wake her. This hast helped at all, she'll drift off and then wake and start rooting again. My breasts are producing milk like crazy, dd has a good pattern of suck-suck-suck swallow so it's not supply, she's definitely swallowing something. I'm using nipple shields because my breasts are pretty big and she couldn't get enough, far enough into her mouth to not cause cracks and blisters. Right now I can't nurse without them at all because my nipples are raw, even with the shields. I'm considering expressing and giving a bottle
becj86:
Tongue tie?
Have you tried expressing a bit so she can latch more easily?
Would you try expressing and bottle feeding? I had to early on with my supply just being too much and inverted nipples didn't help.
eva026:
She latches fine with the shields and keeps swallowing, I'm so engorged I'm spraying milk all over the place, no need to express. It's like she's using me as a dummy, refusing a normal nummy but can't sleep more than 10 min without suckling. She was fine till yesterday afternoon, regaining weight and now I don't know what's gotten into her!
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