Breasts engorged 3 days postpartum but still no milk coming out. Help!

[Anonymous]

Also, I'm sure you've been told this, but nurse, nurse, nurse. At a minimum, every two hours, around the clock. Which means if the babe starts nursing at 2 pm, the next round starts at 4 pm, no matter when they finished.

[Anonymous]

OP here, thank you for all your responses. I'm still working through the engorgement but heavily supplementing with formula to get my baby's weight back up. I am nursing still but I can see that my baby is less interested in the breast. This is not exactly what I had in mind but my baby's health is more important than my ideas regarding breastfeeding. Thanks again for all your words of encouragement.

[Anonymous]

OP, don't give up, keep putting the baby to the breast as much as you can. There is absolutely no harm in giving formula right now to keep your baby healthy. My milk didn't come in till day 5, and I supplemented until then. Not a drop of formula since then. Also, it's not always easy to tell whether the baby is getting something while nursing - my ped had to show me the signs (baby makes the sound "kah" while at the breast, you see slow rhythmic swallowing, not just sucking, etc.). Basically, trust that your body and your baby will eventually work together, and do what you have to do in the meantime. It will work out! Also, pumping isn't an intuitive skill - it took me a few weeks to reliably get even an ounce to an ounce and a half out.

[Anonymous]

OP, my milk didn't start flowing until about 6 days PP (and I was HUGE, rock hard sore breasts, etc) and so I heavily supplemented the first week too. But once it started flowing, we worked at nirsing (and latching--when the brast are still very hard, its difficult for the baby to latch on--imagine trying to bite into a giant melon, versus an apricot)---but we got there and didn't have to supplement again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thank you for all your responses. I'm still working through the engorgement but heavily supplementing with formula to get my baby's weight back up. I am nursing still but I can see that my baby is less interested in the breast. This is not exactly what I had in mind but my baby's health is more important than my ideas regarding breastfeeding. Thanks again for all your words of encouragement.

what are you getting when you pump? how often are you pumping?

did you see a LC?