esianoyam3
10-24-2003, 07:01 AM
My baby is now 4 days old. She was not eating very well at the hospital- in fact, there was one point when she didn't eat for more than 8 hours (I TRIED waking her up and getting her to feed, but she wouldn't). They tested her blood sugar, and she was fine, so they told me not to worry about it.
Yesterday was our first day home from the hospital. She didn't eat from the time we left the hospital (about 4:00) until we took her to the ER the next day. At the ER, they gave me a bottle of pedialyte and said that I could talk to my doctor, who hadn't been in that day because she'd had a couple of crazy deliveries at 2 different hospitals.
We took her home from the ER, and she latched on and ate very well for a couple of feedings. It's now 5:30 in the morning and we've been up with her all night. She reaches a point at about 11:00 at night where she refuses to latch on. She gets very fussy, tries to eat for a couple of seconds, and then pulls away and just butts her head against my breast and shakes her head getting more and more frustrated. She'll do this all day long, until the afternoon, when she'll eat for a couple of feedings. I'm at my wits end (and so is DH- he's tired of watching me bawl my eyes out feeling like I'm a breast feeding failure).
I don't know what to do at this point. My breasts are so engorged they feel like they've been filled with hot coals- I think it's part of why the baby won't latch on. Every time she crise, which is constantly, I start leaking heavily from both breasts.
Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
TIA,
Shallyse
Yesterday was our first day home from the hospital. She didn't eat from the time we left the hospital (about 4:00) until we took her to the ER the next day. At the ER, they gave me a bottle of pedialyte and said that I could talk to my doctor, who hadn't been in that day because she'd had a couple of crazy deliveries at 2 different hospitals.
We took her home from the ER, and she latched on and ate very well for a couple of feedings. It's now 5:30 in the morning and we've been up with her all night. She reaches a point at about 11:00 at night where she refuses to latch on. She gets very fussy, tries to eat for a couple of seconds, and then pulls away and just butts her head against my breast and shakes her head getting more and more frustrated. She'll do this all day long, until the afternoon, when she'll eat for a couple of feedings. I'm at my wits end (and so is DH- he's tired of watching me bawl my eyes out feeling like I'm a breast feeding failure).
I don't know what to do at this point. My breasts are so engorged they feel like they've been filled with hot coals- I think it's part of why the baby won't latch on. Every time she crise, which is constantly, I start leaking heavily from both breasts.
Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
TIA,
Shallyse