I really hope someone has been through something similar and can offer advice.
My bebe is almost 3 weeks old. She had trouble latching in the hospital, and the lactation consultant was garbage. I think my nipples are on the flatter side and baby has had a hard time latching on to them. She basically gave up when she saw my girl too sleepy to latch. Threw a wrong size nipple shield in my direction and left. Then the nurses had us supplementing with donor milk so she didn’t loose to much while I started pumping. By the time we left the hospital I was pumping enough to not need donor milk or formula.
Since then I’ve gotten the right size nipple shield and premie bottles with slow flow. But baby girl does not want to latch 75% of the time. Sometimes I can seduce her into it by sprinkling milk on the nipple shield while she’s trying to latch. Other times she just rips it off and cries. She has zero problem with a bottle of course.
I’m burning out on pumping. I just want to hold my baby and breastfeed her. Has anyone been in this position? Got any tips or solidarity to offer me?