💔 Heartbreak

Hello, my newborn just got discharge from NICU. from the day he was born, he has been fed formula milk as we are not able to see each other and i couldn’t hand expressed my milk so soon. overtime, after massaging and hand expressing , and pumping? i managed to have some milk supply. right after his discharge, i straight away allowed him to latch on to me everytime it’s his milk time, however i realised that everytime he breastfeeds, he poos and it is very watery, he also passes gas alot and seems to have an upset tummy to an extent then he fusses and couldnt sleep seems like he has diarrhea adter drinking my breast milk i feel so helpless because that’s my only milk supply for him and i feel like such a bad mom giving my son my milk only to have him follow up with an upset tummy after:(

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Hello! My baby was from the NICU too and he's a mix feed baby till today, 8 mths later. I cannot latch my baby the first 2 days as he needed to be administered with antibiotics so wires around him but I was allowed to do so on the 2nd day. Normal for milk to not come in yet after birth but your colostrum should be. I only had a Haakaa pump at that time cos I wasn't sure if I was able to breastfeed my baby or not. Note, that I've not able to breastfeed my kids before due to very low supply and wrong way of latches that resulted in painful nipples. Over time, I bought a better electrical pump and pump 2 hourly but I latch baby first before I do that as what my baby's PD told me. And he had watery stools until about 5 mths old before he started solid. I did voiced out to his PD and he reassured me that it's normal for breastfed baby to have watery stools. So don't worry mummy! Your baby is ok! As long as his stools are pigmented in colour and not pale like white or grey, you don't have to worry. You're doing very great already! ☺️

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