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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you have tried absolutely everything, and at this point, I, as an outsider with no skin in this game, would peg your chances of making this work at &lt;5%. Is it possible? Yes. Is it likely? Absolutely not.

I've said this before on this board - Every single person I know who got breastfeeding to work got it to work by six weeks. Many of them struggled with multiple issues, as you have. But several people I know kept trying and trying to get it to work for months - and every one of them looks back at this time and regrets trying for so long. So I would strongly advise you to wean to formula now.

I will also add from my own experience - one of my babies did not like nursing. Getting her to latch was okay at first, but then she'd pull off before she was done, get frustrated, cry, still be hungry, and I'd be basically wrestling with her trying to get her to take a full meal. When you're a nursing mom of a newborn, nursing is a huge percentage of the time you spend with your baby, and having it be a struggle and frustrating for both of you, just kinda sucks.

But once I gave up and went with an alternative system (for me it was keeping some pumping, and feeding a mix of formula and pumped milk) and gave up on things working well with nursing or that my baby would only get breast milk, there was a short grieving period (literally like 2 hours? I cried). And then a HUGE sense of relief. And all of a sudden - I was enjoying my baby. And my baby was enjoying me. Right now, you're both miserable. Grieve your loss and wean to formula. [/quote]

OP, these are really wise words. [/quote]

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