Can someone please help me? Breastfeeding.?

Question

She just keeps crying! My milk won't let down.... what am I doing wrong?

the last time she ate was 4 hours ago and I have been trying to give her some frozen milk that I had in a bottle and she won't take it either. My baby is hungry and I can't feed her... please.... any advice! She's 3 months old and this is my 3rd child, I've never had this happen before.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Things you can try that will help stimulate milk flow are as follows:
Eat plenty of high calorie food
Drink lots of liquids
Try hand expressing rather than using a pump
Use an electric pump between feedings to trick your body into making more milk
Massage your breasts before feeding and during

If anything, consult a lactation consultant at your clinic, or even an ob nurse may be able to give some guidance. Sometimes some women are just not able to make enough so don't be so hard on yourself. You are trying and that is all anyone can ask of you. And this may be controversial, but my cousin's doctor told her when she wasn't making enough that drinking beer helps stimulate milk flow. Obviously you don't want to get hammered and then feed your baby. But maybe try it and pump or express the milk afterwards. Also, sometimes you don't feel the letdown. You could have a hyperactive letdown and your baby can't swallow it fast enough. I have that problem. Sometimes I have to express a little into a washcloth before I let him continue feeding. Laying back and letting gravity do it's thing can help too.
Also, depending on how old your daughter is, she could be teething and on what's called a nursing strike. Babies do that sometimes when they have little toothers coming in. If you find that when you pump you are making enough milk, then put it in a bottle and offer it to her instead. But you can't help it if she won't eat. Sometimes that's just something they fo through. If she's over 4 months old, try offering some infant cereal to help fill her up.
Anyways I hope I helped!

Answer 3

I have extremely slow let-down reflex that frustrated my daughter a lot and I know exactly what you are talking about...

I tried using 'let down cues' http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/letdown.html and there has been a lot of improvement - I chew gum with every feed (didn't want to use a drink - gum is easier to grab) and I deep breathe as well to relax and provide an additional cue.

I also keep switching sides until let-down occurs.

Sometimes I sing and make silly faces and stuff to amuse her... I have also taken to sitting at an angle where she can watch the telly which amuses her whilst she gently sucks and then bam, it comes in :-) I know that's a bad thing to do, but you get desperate, don't you...!

You are doing nothing wrong, though - apparently it's a low level of oxytocin to blame - that is the hormone that is responsible for triggering the let down and also makes women feel loved-up with breastfeeding, which I am so not. So i can't have much of that hormone, then. And you can't get it in tablet form, unfortunately!

but hey, i'm still exclusively breastfeeding 7 months later, so it can be done :-)

Good luck hun - it is hard, but try to relax and pick a cue. x

Answer 4

Can you call your hospital and talk to a lactation specialist? That is what I did and they had nurses who could help right then plus meeting groups several times a week. I could go to the groups and they would help with technique, etc. It was good to know other mothers had frustration with breastfeeding too. It seems like it should be natural but it takes work.
I do know that if you are stressed it is harder to let down. You may try mind over matter and block out the crying and have the baby in place and breathe in and out very slowly. It will calm you physically and maybe release your milk.
1. Breathe and force yourself to relax
2. call your hospital
3. go to groups so the nurses can watch you feed the baby and make sure everything is ok....

Hang in there!

Answer 5

How old is she? My milk didnt come in until my son was 1 week old. The best thing to do is keep breatfeeding. The more she sucks the faster your milk will come in and the more you will produce. You can try supplementing with a bottle if she truly isnt getting enough. I had to that with my son who is 6 weeks old. I ended up getting Playtex Drop in (the nipple is more like a breast) abd breastfedding for as long as he would then giving him formula after to fill him. After a week, I was producing enough milk for him. Try calling her pediatrician for some advice. My sons was excellant and helped us through the first couple weeks of breastfeeding.

After reading your additional comments:
3 months old huh? If she wont eat, I would call the pediatrician just to be sure. Good Luck honey I wish I could help you more

Answer 6

You need to relax. Stress makes milk not come down easy. See if the baby's dad or someone can watch her for 20 mins while you take a warm bath. Sit in the bath and lean forward so your breasts are in the warm water and gravity will help the milk loosen up. Massage them in the warm water too. This will also help you to be less stressed. Don't worry, you'll have milk in a few hours. You are just stressed. And if you are taking any meds (besides vitamins)you may want to stop. Alot of meds (birth control for example) slow milk production.

Answer 7

take a hot shower letting the water hit you on your upper back. Some of your mammary glands are actually located there. The hot water helps to stimulate these glands and also helps you to relax which in turn will help your milk to drop. You can also call your doctor to see if there is anything else you can do, you can try to manually express either with your hand or with a pump to get yourself started as well. Worst case scenario is that you have to get some formula

Answer 8

Try to express it mannually, to stop your baby crying you can give her some formula just an ounce for now and then try your milk again..meanwhile you will also get some rest to let the milk down

Answer 9

Nothing....sometimes it doesn't come down nearly as quickly as we would like it too. Relaxing would certainly help, but hard to do with a crying baby in your arms...I usually tried to squeeze some out manually so she would get the taste and get sucking...Unfortunately she needs to help...put her down, take a break somewhere quiet if you can...try to soothe her if you can so you can both start from more relaxed spot...express some manually into her mouth if you can to give her the idea....You are doing a great job!!! Good luck!!!

Answer 10

1. Warm your breasts in very warm water. It will help to hasten your let-down.
2. Stop offering the bottle.
3. Nurse her and relax. Try to stand up with her to latch her on, and then sit. Or, lay down with her and see if that helps.

If this doesn't work, call La Leche League.

Good luck to you!

Answer 11

Take your daughter to the pediatrician. She may have acid reflux like my daughter did. She spit up all the time after every feeding and showed signs of not getting enough. She cried all the time especially when I laid her down. You aren't doing anything wrong. If you think something is wrong, talk to a lactation specialist. Good luck.