BREAST FEEDING

I'd talk to your current midwife about the latching problems and also contact La Leche League.  Do it all before baby comes so that you have a support network already established to assist you with BFing and ensure that you and baby are both happy and confident before you're left to your own devices.

Wow! Thanks Mrs Mojo, I will definitely look into La Leche League!

Thanks Kellz! I will definitely ask midwife if there is a lactation consultant!

Thanks for the info - going to register this Thursday for prenatal care - very excited! Feels like everything has changed as our daughter is 8 this year

Much Appreciated!!!

Congrats bass.baby.

I agree with everything the other ladies have told you and especially Maya. Baby #2 could be completely different - I have many friends that had trouble first time around and second time was very different and much easier.

Also I'll add that depending on where you birth there may also be help available before you go home. For instance if you go to Birthcare - they have lactation consultants on staff that can help before you leave.

Good luck and keep positive.

Houdy all! Thanks for the great tips!!! Loving all the info!

Tips that worked for me and what I learned in antenatal classes and through experience.

If it is sore the latch is wrong. Breastfeeding should never ever feel sore at all. Rather break the latch and relatch bubs.

Take it slow and follow your instincts. Demand feed instead of routine feed. Bubs will sort themselves out between 4 and 10 weeks. Kids differ and their appetites are different as well.

When feeding at night keep it low key. Dont talk ect and if you do whisper. That way they dont get day night confused.

If your breasts gets really engorged try not to express as that will worsen it over time. Climb into a warm shower and excess will flow out a bit.

Other thing is get a towel in the beginning and position it so when you feed from the one boob the other boob can leak on the towel and will help in those first few weeks until your body figured out how much milk to make.

Some people prefer to feed 10 min on one boob and 10 on the other. To me I didnt do that as it is the hindmilk that you want for your child to sustain them. The first bit of milk coming out is really watery and quenches their first but the rest is for the actual hunger and what you want. I always fed from one side and only after I see them not actually swallowing at all anymore but still hungry that I will switch sides at all.

It does take time between child and you to actually get it right. For some people it is really easy and for others there is a few stumble blocks. But it is worth it in the end.

And the one thing above all others. Is that bubs is happy as that makes a happy mum. So for some reason if it doesnt work at all and you aint happy either a bottle is not the worse thing out there but the relationship between you and your kid is the most important thing. So dont feel quilty at that point of time.

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Secondly, try not to stress about it. Do you have the same mw or different? The La Leache League is basically the people to contact but you can also be stubborn and stay in hospital until you think you have it sorted. It wouldn't take all that long anyway but it just means you have midwives on hand at any time of day or night to help you out.