She's now adjusting to the formula and I have
engorged breasts which are painful but I have to share that applying cabbage really works (at least it did for me)!
Not exact matches
And if your baby can not latch because your
breasts are so
engorged, you can try reversed pressure softening,
which pushes the excess fluid away from your nipple, helping your baby latch more easily.
Frequent feeding also helps prevent your
breasts from getting
engorged which can make latching onto a flatter nipple trickier.
A tip: By hand - pumping until the let - down reflex has started even if your
breasts are NOT
engorged, before you try to get your baby to latch on, your girl will immediately get some milk when she latches on,
which may be a way to reduce her frustration and impatience.
Breastfeeding and using a
breast pump on a regular schedule prevents your
breasts from becoming
engorged which can cause aesthetic damage.
Engorgement and getting a proper latch can seem like a vicious cycle, since poor latch often leads to your
breasts being
engorged,
which makes it even harder for your baby to latch on.
He started refusing to nurse from the right
breast which led to me getting very
engorged.
Do not allow your
breasts to become
engorged: Nurse your baby, pump, or hand express your
breast milk very often to prevent
breast engorgement and plugged milk ducts,
which can lead to mastitis.
After reading up about co-sleeping (James McKenna's papers are very helpful) I can see that having my little man in the room is a good thing for him, but I've also noticed that I didn't get the problems with very
engorged painful
breasts which if he wasn't in our room and feeding more often I might have.
If you miss a breastfeed, and either give a bottle or top your baby up with formula instead, it may cause your
breasts to become
engorged,
which is painful and can interfere with your milk supply.
Now his on soya milk until his 1 years old then I will transfers him to cows milk, he willingly drinks more milk 1 in the morning, 3 pm snack at bedtime and sometimes at midnight or he just sleeps right through,
which is bliss for me lol my problem is my
breasts don't feel empty but not
engorged which is very strange because with my first daughter I only
breast fed for 3 weeks and it dried up within a few days.
This constant production of milk leads to an accumulation of milk in your
breasts,
which makes them painfully
engorged.
I'd heard that some women wake up with a lot of
breast pain from the sudden increase in size, but I think because I'm still feeding every 1.5 - 2 hours my
breasts don't have the chance to become excessively
engorged which is nice.
Another reason is that if you avoid draining one
breast, you increase the chances of that boob becoming
engorged which makes it difficult for your baby to latch onto and can lead to blocked milk ducts and mastitis.