No colostrum or milk at all

Hi mummies, I just gave birth yest, i tried to bf my son but nothing come out. I even try to massage and squeeze, nothing. The nurse told me it is normal for no milk for 2 days. But i feel bad as baby wants to latch, and when latching, it can took more than 30 mins, when i let it go, baby cried as he want to latch somemore. Till i had to ask the nurse to gv him FM to make him full.. Any tips? Tia!

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Hi mummy. Just continue to latch him. I gave birth in early March. There was milk and i thought it was enough but baby was crying so much and the nurse mentioned that it may be due to not enough milk. I did not want to supplement with formula but baby was crying so much and couldn’t sleep well. So i gave in and mix feed (mainly at night). In the meantime, i latched and yes, similar to you, my boy latched for so long. But i did not give up and also tried pumping. Eventually my milk supply came in around 2nd week and stopped fm. now at 6wks pp i am ebf baby. Don’t give up!

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