Breastfeeding issue - help!

Lil miss does this on the left hand side, it's so frustrating! She keeps slipping her latch and making clicking noises. I had the Mothercraft nurse watch me feeding her on that side the other day and she said it's coz my milk flows too fast on that side and lil miss struggles to keep up.

I'm sorry I don't have any advice, just wanted you to know that you're not the only one! All babies have a favourite side, all four of mine have preferred the right, and lil miss is so fussy about the left that she won't feed off it unless she is absolutely perfectly positioned which is impossible when we are out and about so I get awfully lopsided!

You could maybe try the football hold on that side to change her position?

Oh and once when lil miss was even more fussy on that side than usual I noticed that I had a small crack in my nipple that was bleeding and I think it was putting her off.

my little man does that sometimes wen he is really hugery or over tired he will latch on pull off wriggle and cry and through his head around and he can do that for 5 mins or so and then if i change sides its fine. he doesnt have reflux and is a hard out guzzler so i sometimes wonder if its that my flow is to slow? sorry i was no help

awww hugs denny - you seem to be having a rough run of things. It really will get better - most babies seem to get a lot easier after 3 months.

A used to do this to, and she was also diagnosed with reflux, but I think she was actually too tired and didn't have reflux at all. I had terrible trouble getting her to sleep during the day at the time.

I really hope things get better for you and wee Ava soon

Ruby does this too. She flaps, scratches and stuggles when i am trying to get her to latch and then she does a couple of swallows and pulls off (hurting me in the process).
She only seems to do it when she has got herself overtired and wants to suck to get to sleep.
This morning I was getting so upset that I wrapped her really tight so she couldnt flap and got her to feed that way and she was soon asleep.

Maybe its just something that babies do? I thought it was just something that Ruby did.

You poor thing, you must be at your wits end.

Perhaps its time to contact your midwife,plunket nurse or doctor to get some answers and get it sorted out? You can't go on like this.

Good luck.

 Sorry to hear you're still having troubles. I agree with fallen, sounds like you should contact one of those professionals.

You could also ask a lactaction consultant (LC) for help.  Depending on where you live, an appointment with an LC may be free. My LC visited me at home until 12 weeks after birth when I eventually gave up trying to breastfeed.

Did you try craniosacral therapy? Is the losec working, or making things worse? Do you think Ava may be allergic to something you're eating?

If your doctor etc recommends you supplement with formula (which hopefully won't happen but you might have to be prepared for the possibility), don't beat yourself up about it. She's had a great start by being on breast milk for this long. I was devastated that I couldn't BF Jimmy, but he had EBM for several weeks before becoming fully formula fed and has been a very healthy, happy baby. And once we got the feeding problems sorted I became a much happier mummy too.

I really hope you can get these problems sorted soon hun.

Big hugs Denny25 My gremlins both had cows milk protein intolerance and my breast milk used to upset them, they ended up on a prescription formula and after that they were completely different babies.

I do think it might be worth seeing if you can spend some time at a Plunket family centre or with a lactation consultant so they can watch her feeding and see if there is any problem with the mechanics of the feeding (latching, positioning etc.)