Reply to Normal to feel like you’re dying after birth?

Forum Index » Expectant and Postpartum Moms

Reply to "Normal to feel like you’re dying after birth? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My wife and mom are helping me but I cannot sleep even when given the opportunity.  Both also need sleep and night is when it’s the worst with cluster feeding. Mt wife is pushing me not to try the bottle till 2 weeks per our LCs advice. [/quote]

So much of this advice is so overblown. Give a bottle if you need to! I'm saying this as someone who breastfed for two years.
[/quote]

+1 and I breastfed 5 kids. Screw your LC that is total BS. [/quote]

And there's actually good evidence that some bottle feeding early on doesn't make a difference in breastfeeding long term. And in your case, it might actually help you breastfeed longer. Your wife really needs to support you better. Could she find a night nurse or help? Call in a friend or family member to do the night shift if you can't find paid help?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6547125/
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2013/05/105831/early-formula-use-helps-some-mothers-breastfeed-longer
"But in the first randomized trial of its kind, researchers at UC San Francisco have found that giving small amounts of formula in the first few days of life to infants experiencing high levels of early weight loss actually can increase the length of time their mothers end up breastfeeding."[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics