Transitional milk diminishing at 5 days postpartum after traumatic birth—HELP!
FTM. I gave birth around 10 pm on Monday the 11th and had somewhat of a traumatic birth (retained placenta, doctor had to manually remove it in chunks, wound up losing 1.5 liters of blood and needing a transfusion. Not sure if this is relevant context or not).
Had nothing but drops of colostrum while in the hospital. Transitional milk started coming in when we left the hospital but very slowly. Had the most output on Thursday and then less yesterday, and even less today (see photo). My breasts have been super engorged and painful for two days and leaking, but when I pump I can barely get anything out even though it feels like I have milk that needs to come out. I am pumping every few hours and trying to breastfeed as much as possible. At this point I’m scared the supply is just going away and isn’t going to come in at all.
Any and all help or advice is super appreciated.