How to keep my baby girl latched on?

Question

Please help my 5 day old baby girl won’t latch on and she does she falls asleep or she comes off on her own. She only sleeps a hour at night. And I feel like my supply is going down. For the past 3 days this is all I’m able to get out when I pump. I have the Momcozy s12pros. I tried to get a pump though the insurance but my doctor wouldn’t write me a prescription. What can I do to get her to stay latched on? What can I do to up my supply? I even undress her when breastfeeding her.

Answer

For one your supply is NOT decreasing. It’s most likely not even come in yet. It’s take 3-7days after birth for supply to come in. 
2ndly you need to latch latch latch baby. That will help supply come in even better as baby is far more effective than a pump. Baby needs to latch every 2-3hrs. If not sooner.
3rd ditch the pump especially a hands free as they aren’t great with suction. And you don’t need a prescription from dr for pump. Your insurance is suppose to send you a pump by law. 
4. Contact an IBCLC for anything breastfeeding related. 
Tickle chin, neck, back and feet. Diaper change. Cool rag on belly.

Answer

It takes up.to.a week for milk to drop.  Till then, your supply is very small amounts of colostrum.  Its normal for a newborn to loose some weight until your milk comes in.  Frequent, small sized feedings that are and hour or less apart are called cluster feeds, its what makes your milk come in.  I was worried when i.didnt have milk after 4 days, but.it was all okay.  Now i.leak like a faucet!

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Keep going. My baby is 6 weeks on monday and it was like this for.me.at the beginning.  Get got some smaller containers to put my milk in and it made me feel a lot better. I still sometime only pump 10ml better feeds but usually pump around 50. Still having trouble latching but it's getting easier. She falls asleep everytime and falls off. I will change her nappy then and wake her back up. I know its frustrating because she would take about 10 minutes to latch and then fall asleep and it would begin all again. But it's getting easier :) keep going <3

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Shes only 5 days old so you wont have much milk. Just keep latching her, you can try undressing her to help keep her awake but if shes having good diaper output shes likely drinking enough

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If your baby is feeding a lot, and you’re pumping it’s totally normal for there to not be a lot when you pump. The best way for supply is to get your baby to breast. They’re going to cluster feed like crazy to up your supply in the first few weeks. Unless you have a need to feed a bottle, you really don’t need to pump either! You could end up with a nasty over supply (this was me) and all the problems that come with that. Unless there is a need for it, nurse your baby every 2-3 hours, more if they want it. Their diaper output is the best indicator of supply.
Unless you need to wait until at least 4 weeks to pump. Let your baby tell your body how much milk to make and when.

How to keep my baby girl latched on?

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