Hi mama_gene, I gave birth on 5th may, gave my baby suckle for 3 days then I realised my nipple is conpletely dry, don't even have colostrum... I gave her FM then... On the 10th like that then the few drops of colostrum comes out... I'm still giving her 90% FM... Coz till today, when I pump, my left breast only got like 2ml (I'm not kidding...) combined with the right only 10ml... So I can only give my girl 1 feed of BM or sometime lucky, 2 feeds....
I drank all the soup advIced.. Eat funugreek, domnidone (not sure the correct spelling), seen a LC... They tell me I got supply, just not here yet.. now alrdy 26th le... For 20 days I've tried latch on demand.. Latch then FM and inbtwn pump again.. Now I'm latching then pumping before FM 3hourly... I really don't know when the supply then will come in.. It's like u
Can't even see the end of the tunnel... I think it's just when I had enough then I'll give up... Now just continue this routine..
So yep, you're definanately not alone.. Of course when ur milk come in, may be minimal like me.. Ppl will tell u latch on demand is the best solution to up the supply... For me, she's crying almost whole day, hungry, I'm tired.. Can't seems to see her smile at all.. End up stress, drained, emo... After I adopt my now routine, she gets FM, happy like at least 2-3hrs before next feed, I can play with her... I see her smile often.. She can even lie down in her cot alone and entertain herself then fall asleep on her own.. How adorable!
Yep, before I gave birth.. Total BF is like a normal thing I plan to do... Thus it took me a lot to give in to FM... Thou I'm still struggling... Upset at times... But when I see her happy, I really felt happier than forcing her to live on my BM.. I have to remind Myself that BM can be replaced by FM, but each moment spend with her cannot be replaced... Time cannot be replaced..
Hope my little testimony helps you...
How's all other mommies? Yeah... Motherhood is crazy.. Crazily packed with baby timing... Didn't get the chance to come in to post since I delivered! Was reading the updates sent to my email thou.. Excited for the mommies who are still waiting.. I miss my baby's kicking already! I mean everyday... Hee..