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5y ago
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Baby won’t latch anymore

Want to try again at week 5. Have been pumping only. Any tips?

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    Yes, you can try more skin to skin contact, respond to baby’s hunger cues promptly and hand express a bit of milk first before latching so that baby will be enticed to latch.

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