Dizziwish is not an artist, but has created a masterpiece.
Is the only thing thats got me through this week.
I had a horrendous time in hospital especially with the midwife/lactation consultants conflicting advice ‘hold him this way’ ‘thats wrong, you should be holding him this way’ blah blah THEN telling me my son had a tongue tie that meant he would probably never suckle properly and it should be cut…thankfully my mum managed to do more research and discover that this was a bit of a fad for some time and the lactation consultant clearly hadn’t caught up…Then just the difficulty of getting started, it is natural, yes, but its a bloody skill i’ve got to learn and so does the little guy…then on day 2 he suckled start stop start stop for a few hrs, yeah i know he should have a constant feed for a shorter amount of time BUT i was just so happy he could and would suckle…short lived hapiness day 3 (just as the blues set in) the midwife came to visit and gave me a greal spiel on how this would never work blah blah and winged about other stuff too and generally left me COMPLETELY void of any desire to continue. Soooo i managed to express about 10ml of milk and then i added about 5 ml of boiled water (tut tut yeah i know) to get his fluids up so he would be less lethargic and would suckle more. This worked, well, this and a feed that involved me blowing in his ear if he drifted to sleep or failing that Granny flicking his feet…sounds harsh BUT it meant he got some nourishment.
We also invested in a small pack of formula, i think knowing this was in the cupboard as a dire last straw and my baby would not starve, allowed me to relax a bit and this meant feeding was easier BECAUSE my little guy seems to have developed himself a bit of a routine of sleep for about 3 hrs, wake, cry, eat, stare adoringly at mum for a little while then sleep and repeat.
My nipples hurt (as i expected them to) but once he is latched on the discomfort subsides and i remember this is the best for baby.
He seems to have a preference for the right breast which isn’t great cos the other will get all yuck, so i’m expressing from that one and letting him have his favourite, once feeding is established i’ll convince him to share…The high point of today was that Lefty, in upset for being left out leaked…sure not every1s idea of a fun time BUT it said to me that my milk is in and there is plenty of it.



