tika
Active Member
I did not have a good experience with BF after my csect for #1. I delivered at TMC hospital. I was sleeping after the procedure throughout the first day. No nurse came in to wake me up to breastfeed. My hubby told me the nurses allowed him to see the baby only 4 hours later after delivery. I found out they fed her Enfalac on the first day. I was disappointed. In the end, even after seeing a lactation consultant, my baby girl still couldn't latch on. LC adviced me to get nipple guards cos i had inverted nipples. It still didn't work. I endured expressing exclusively for a year before i switched her milk to FM.
I read at most breastfeeding sites, the sooner you attempt to breastfeed your baby the less problems you will face in the future. But once the baby is given the bottle, it might be tougher to latch baby onto your nipples.
I wish for my #2 to be breastfed from the beginning. However, I'm not sure whether its possible to stay awake immediately after the procedure till the nurse will let me hold my baby.
When's the earliest we should feed our baby?
Does the nurses usually take a long time to clean the baby?
Has anyone successfully breastfed their babies on the day of their csect?
If yes, how many hours after your csect was that?
I read at most breastfeeding sites, the sooner you attempt to breastfeed your baby the less problems you will face in the future. But once the baby is given the bottle, it might be tougher to latch baby onto your nipples.
I wish for my #2 to be breastfed from the beginning. However, I'm not sure whether its possible to stay awake immediately after the procedure till the nurse will let me hold my baby.
When's the earliest we should feed our baby?
Does the nurses usually take a long time to clean the baby?
Has anyone successfully breastfed their babies on the day of their csect?
If yes, how many hours after your csect was that?