Wanting to give up pls help me
I’m 5 days PP and I’ve been breastfeeding. It has been extremely painful from day 1. Every day I was in the hospital I asked the lactation specialist if my baby was latched right and the answer was always yes it’s going to be painful for the first few days. My nipples bleed. The pain has gotten a little better but still , it hurts.
Not to mention I get extremely engorged. I’m a small girl, already back to my prepregnancy size which included A cups but I’ve been so engorged my boobs look like DD, swollen all into my arm pits. Once I pump to relieve pressure I’m engorged again in about 30 minutes. I pump about 10 oz per breast per pumping session. I’ve looked online to see if I can slow my milk production a little but I honestly don’t know if anything will work. I love breastfeeding my baby and really don’t want to give her my milk from a bottle (I tried to breast feed her in the day and bottle feed at night but she started having a hard time latching and it hurt my feelings 💔) bc I feel bonded to her but I’m miserable 😪🙁 any advice? Pls.
Achieve your health goals from period to parenting.