What were your biggest breastfeeding challenges? - 11/05/07 04:53 AM
I'm curious what sort of hurdles others have faced in establishing or maintaining breastfeeding. With my first, I had to use a nipple shield for flat nipples and poor latch, which then resulted in a reaction to all the friction caused by the silicone which was mistaken for thrush. We also had a lousy start in the hospital and I had to pump and feed back while increasing my supply.
With the second it went much better, with only a little hiccup on the second day while waiting for my milk to come in. She didn't feel like doing the work without the milk, so I pumped after feedings for a day and finger fed the colostrum, but once my milk came in, she went to town! Then I had a comical little episode of being lopsided -- one side just stopped producing and the other went nutso to compensate, but was able to "fix it" using a pump.
Wondering what others have had to deal with?
With the second it went much better, with only a little hiccup on the second day while waiting for my milk to come in. She didn't feel like doing the work without the milk, so I pumped after feedings for a day and finger fed the colostrum, but once my milk came in, she went to town! Then I had a comical little episode of being lopsided -- one side just stopped producing and the other went nutso to compensate, but was able to "fix it" using a pump.
Wondering what others have had to deal with?