Wow! I cannot imagine! I have to say that I’m envious of your problem as I worked for months on end to bring my supply up to breastfeed my triplets. I finally succeeded (they’re 2.5 years old and still nurse, the little boogers 🙂 ). But…wow.
Of course the grass is always greener on the other side and I am *sure* you would have happily done without wet sheets, a bazillion nursing pads and the interruption of your breastfeeding relationship with your son! I commend you for pumping for a year – I always say pumping is harder than breastfeeding – and for donating so.much.milk!!!
I guess it was hyper-lactation. My baby did have jaundice and he had picked up strep form the needle in the internal fetal monitor. But I was a la lech league trainer and this was my fourth child to breast feed. You can imagine how shocked I was when he screamed every time I even tried to nurse him. Same thing, if it was not a bottle he would howl.
I had never heard of this happening even though I was as a leader, privy to most feeding problems. Because my baby was sick, he really needed my milk. I was also a producer and many times in the past was able to freeze and donate milk. My babies did not gain weight well on formula either. They looked like sausages on my milk. After consulting with the best of the best, I too rented a pump that would do both breasts at a time. In the old days, it was not that way…one at a time. The baby made amazing recovery. After 2 weeks on the pumped milk, the pediatrician was so impressed and asked what I had done to solve the issue. I told him, “There is more than one way to skin a cat, or get breastmilk in a baby.”
Every time i feed, i spray all over my baby’s face and head and caused such fussiness for 1.5 to 2 hours that both of us plus daddy are so upset. During baby’s 2 month checkup, the Lactation consultant recommended block feeding. Helped with the breast engorgement and blocked ducts which happened like every week, but the spraying continues to the point that my baby refuses to feed when alert and awake, now at 3 months. Night feeds are fuss-less, so every time I had to feed when he just wakes up from naps and not so alert yet. Either this, or i had to pump for 2 minutes before feeding.
The ironic thing is that during his first 3 days of life he lost so much weight that the hospital recommended I supplement with formula. I suspect my milk hasn’t come in yet due to serious lack of sleep and lack of food at the hospital stay, and also because we missed the golden baby’s first hour. I was left lying at the labour room with my husband once my episiotomy has been stitched up with no advice of breastfeeding whatsoever. Luckily i had taken prenatal classes and did some skin to skin contact once they returned my baby to me. Baby slept through the next 2 days and I didn’t know baby was hungry. The breastfeeding advice given was minimal during baby’s first 10 hours as he was born at midnight.
Just curious as I am currently a Doula in training, but was your little guy ever checked for a tung tie? It’s a huge issue that goes unnoticed at times, yet also causes a lot of women issues with the baby latching correctly. Ether way you’re still a trooper for continuously pumping!!!
Wow! I cannot imagine! I have to say that I’m envious of your problem as I worked for months on end to bring my supply up to breastfeed my triplets. I finally succeeded (they’re 2.5 years old and still nurse, the little boogers 🙂 ). But…wow.
Of course the grass is always greener on the other side and I am *sure* you would have happily done without wet sheets, a bazillion nursing pads and the interruption of your breastfeeding relationship with your son! I commend you for pumping for a year – I always say pumping is harder than breastfeeding – and for donating so.much.milk!!!
Great job, mama! 🙂
I guess it was hyper-lactation. My baby did have jaundice and he had picked up strep form the needle in the internal fetal monitor. But I was a la lech league trainer and this was my fourth child to breast feed. You can imagine how shocked I was when he screamed every time I even tried to nurse him. Same thing, if it was not a bottle he would howl.
I had never heard of this happening even though I was as a leader, privy to most feeding problems. Because my baby was sick, he really needed my milk. I was also a producer and many times in the past was able to freeze and donate milk. My babies did not gain weight well on formula either. They looked like sausages on my milk. After consulting with the best of the best, I too rented a pump that would do both breasts at a time. In the old days, it was not that way…one at a time. The baby made amazing recovery. After 2 weeks on the pumped milk, the pediatrician was so impressed and asked what I had done to solve the issue. I told him, “There is more than one way to skin a cat, or get breastmilk in a baby.”
Every time i feed, i spray all over my baby’s face and head and caused such fussiness for 1.5 to 2 hours that both of us plus daddy are so upset. During baby’s 2 month checkup, the Lactation consultant recommended block feeding. Helped with the breast engorgement and blocked ducts which happened like every week, but the spraying continues to the point that my baby refuses to feed when alert and awake, now at 3 months. Night feeds are fuss-less, so every time I had to feed when he just wakes up from naps and not so alert yet. Either this, or i had to pump for 2 minutes before feeding.
The ironic thing is that during his first 3 days of life he lost so much weight that the hospital recommended I supplement with formula. I suspect my milk hasn’t come in yet due to serious lack of sleep and lack of food at the hospital stay, and also because we missed the golden baby’s first hour. I was left lying at the labour room with my husband once my episiotomy has been stitched up with no advice of breastfeeding whatsoever. Luckily i had taken prenatal classes and did some skin to skin contact once they returned my baby to me. Baby slept through the next 2 days and I didn’t know baby was hungry. The breastfeeding advice given was minimal during baby’s first 10 hours as he was born at midnight.
Just curious as I am currently a Doula in training, but was your little guy ever checked for a tung tie? It’s a huge issue that goes unnoticed at times, yet also causes a lot of women issues with the baby latching correctly. Ether way you’re still a trooper for continuously pumping!!!