Day 2
Still nameless, my baby wasn’t any more interested in nursing the day after his birth than he was immediately after. He spent most of the day asleep, waking sporadically to look around. Despite his disinterest, I put him to the breast every two hours he was with me hoping he’d eventually get hungry. Since he was so sleepy still I timed feedings with diaper changes, since stripping off his diaper was the only thing that seemed to wake him up. After a diaper change he’d nurse for a few minutes, rarely averaging more than 5 minutes a side.
The lactation consultant came in to visit with me and ask how things were going. I remembered her and her good advice from when Sam was born and I was struggling. I told her that the baby’s latch was okay from what I could tell but he just wasn’t interested in eating. I also expressed my concern that him not eating could delay my milk coming in since it took five days to come in when Sam was born. She told me not to worry, that he’d eat when he was ready and told me where in the hospital breastfeeding manual I could access support numbers for lactation consultants in the area. She also told me that my insurance covers one or two visits with a Certified Lactation Consultant.
Eventually the baby got hungry and nursed for a 40-minute stretch before sleeping for a few more hours. I was afraid he’d be up all night, hungry, but he slept pretty well and only nursed twice between 12 and 6am.
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