I’m ready to quit
When did breastfeeding become tolerable for you? We’re 3 weeks in and I dread every time he needs to feed. My little guy was very slow to gain weight (took almost 3 weeks to get back to his birth weight). I did a weighted feed with a lactation consultant and he was only taking 1.5oz in the 20mins I had been nursing him. The LC recommended I offer each side again and again until he won’t take them anymore which has extended our feedings. He also spits up constantly and is unlatching and crying often especially in the afternoons and evenings. Each time we feed it is over an hour of trying to get him to stay latched, keeping him awake, trying to burp him (which he hates and screams every time), relatching him, and him spitting up 3+ times per feeding. And then we start all over again in an hour. I’m so exhausted and feel resentful but also like a failure that he isn’t gaining weight fast enough. If it wasn’t for my husband taking the baby to burp him/setting him during the feedings, I would have completely lost it by now. I don’t know how much longer I can keep doing this.