Refusing to latch at 3 days old

Kyleigh

I gave birth 3 days ago and my milk still has not come in yet. He played with my nipple for the first 24 hours and then latched (poorly, he gave me lipstick nipple) but he stopped latching and spent 5 hours without food so I gave him an ounce of formula…. After the formula he never ended up re latching and it’s been about 24 hours. I’ve hand expressed and given him the drops of colostrum that I have but it’s been so long that I’ve given him another ounce of formula… has anyone experienced something similar? What do I do? I can’t let him starve but I know breast is best and I’m willing to try everything before moving onto formula..

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