Giving up on breast feeding

Question

It’s been 2 weeks and each time I tried to BF my baby, she either gets fussy or push me away. Got a lactation consultant to help on the latching, but she seems to have preference to the bottle & consultant says baby is very gassy.  Baby kept crying as we tried to get her to burp or pass gas, but she refused or “don’t like to” according to the consultant. After a few tries with the consultant she finally burp and we managed latch on. Yet after the consultant leaves, she’s back to her old ways. How long does this phrase last? It’s been affecting me as baby can sense I’m tense and she seems fine with others#FTM #breastfeeding#lowsupply

Dawn · Answer

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Vô danh · Answer

I can hear how draining this is, especially when things work with the consultant but fall apart once she leaves. The gassiness could actually be part of why your baby's resisting the breast since wind makes feeding really uncomfortable for them, so it might be worth checking with your PD or a paediatrician to rule out anything like tongue tie or reflux that the consultant may have missed. On the timeline, every baby settles into feeding differently, but the tension you're picking up on is real and babies do feed better when you're calmer, so honestly if bottle feeding takes the stress off for now, that's okay too. Some mums find that once baby's gas settles and they're less panicky, trying again becomes easier, but there's no set timeframe. What matters most right now is that your baby's fed and you're not burning out.