https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:02:14 +0000 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:56:46 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=43860 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=43860&PID=5860147&title=re-lactating#5860147 Author: Astonsmuma
Subject: 43860
Posted: 31 January 2014 at 9:56am

Hey mums,
I have a 15 week old baby boy. He was tounge tied when he was born so breastfeeding was hard and painful. He wasn't able to latch and the doctors at the hospital took a while to snip the tie. However I expressed my milk and gave him EBM for 4 weeks. During that time I got mastitis and ended up in hospital for over a week treating it. While in hospital I didn't get the support I needed. I was in a lot of pain, trying to breastfeed and expressing after every feed during the night (it felt like I had twins!). During the stay in hospital his tounge was snipped but by then he was used to the bottle and refused to latch. When I got home the mastitis kept coming back so I gave up breastfeeding and slowly weened myself with the breastpump.
He is now formula fed and has been since 4 weeks old. I riddled with guilt that I didn't try harder and angry that I didn't get the support that I needed when I was exhausted in hospital. I am desperate to try to re lactate. I was wondering if any mums out there have had success in doing this and ways to go around it. Any advice would be highly appreciated.
Thank you
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