Yet more feeding issues....

When is this going to stop?!? I am constantly confused by what is going on.

Jackson is again fussing at the breast. He has had his 6 week jabs on Friday, so at the moment I am putting it down to him not feeling so well.

However, over the weekend I have noticed that my right breast is not producing much milk. When I squeeze I am getting some, but not as much as normal. It looks like it is not coming out many holes. Jackson is not liking this side at all at the moment. It's strange as my right breast has always been the one I could express the most off, and now I am getting nothing.

Can supply be reduced in one breast only?

Although I am not sore at all, I am wondering if blocked ducts are the problem, given I am getting milk from only part of the nipple. If I feel the breast I **think** I can feel some lumps/swelling but it seems to be all over as opposed to in one spot.

So, obviously I need Jackson to focus on that breast but he is really protesting at the moment.

I am trying to express on that side (getting absolutely not one single drop) and am putting a wheat pack on the breast.

Can anyone give me any opinions on what might be happening and if perhaps it is just a supply issue? Some tips/tricks for fixing this would be swell!!

If it doesn't come right tomorrow I will go to the Plunket Family Centre for them to have a look, but in the meantime I would love some amazing OhBaby support!

Lil miss is a fussy tart on the left side. Funnily enough I can't express anything hardly out of the right side yet she prefers to feed off that side, yet I can express heaps off the left and she won't feed off it unless she is absolutely positioned 100% correctly.

I also found if I had blocked ducts I struggled to express them out, even with heat, the only way to really get them out was to feed, and that while the ducts were blocked I couldn't express much.

Hope Family Centre have some suggestions for you, otherwise all I can suggest is just persevering with getting him to take that side, as I suggested to someone else yesterday you might find he takes it better if you offer it first so he is really hungry and less fussy, or you might find he takes it better if you offer it second so he's more relaxed and not trying frantically to feed. It might take a bit of experimenting.

busymum wrote: Maya wrote: you might find he takes it better if you offer it first so he is really hungry and less fussy, or you might find he takes it better if you offer it second so he's more relaxed and not trying frantically to feed. That's what I was going to say... let him fill up on the "good side" then just suckle for comfort to help you let down on the "closed side".

yep me, too. Ring your MW, plunket or an LC is you are worried.
Also remember the more "upset" you feel, it will affect ypur supply/let down a bit a swell. Often they fuss as they cannot get a let down fast enough and they are hungry.

Hugs to you.xx

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