I feel like a failure...

Katherine

My son was born 3 weeks premature and be 3 weeks old in a few days. He spent the first 5 days in the NICU and because of complications from the c-section, I barely got to see him during that time. Needless to say, I missed prime opportunity to start him on breast feeding.

I have been trying for weeks to get him to latch, but he just won't. He gets very frustrated and screams his head off. I am also barely producing enough milk to get even 1 oz a day and it's getting less and less everyday. I pump about every 2 hours to try to get him as much breast milk as possible, but it's literally nothing.

I started this wanting so badly to breastfeed my child, and now that I can't, I feel like such a failure. The pressure everyone is putting me under to get this baby to latch is causing me so much stress. "Breast is best" is what everyone keeps saying. My MIL asks me about it everyday and I get "the look" when I tell her how it's just not happening. I've tried everything in the book at this point and I am just done. I want to enjoy being a new mom eithout the added pressure from everyone...