Delay in milk

I had an emergency c section and my milk still came in 2 days later so I know I was quite fortunate as I’ve hesrd it can delay things. Luckily I had collected a lot of colostrum which I think helped contribute to my milk knowing when to come in too I don’t have to supplement and can pump extra if needed for a stash

Hi, I’ve been able to breastfeed no problem with both my c sections. My milk came in around the 2nd/3rd night if i remember correctly. Breastfed my first up until 16 months when he decided to stop and still breastfeeding my second nearly 10 months on x

I delivered at 31 weeks due to this I hadn't got my milk in I managed to after about 12 hours of delivering her. My advice would be lots of nice warm showers and let it run on your boobs. Also lots of massaging up the breast and using your thumbs, working from the outside of the breast into the nipple, in a dragging sensation. Order some colostrum syringes from Amazon and collect everything you get, the first bit your produce is full of all the goodness 🥰 good luck, you'll be fine xx

I had a C-section with my son and it took about 5 days for my milk to come in fully. I went on to feed him for over 2 years. He did receive one small bottle of formula but that was more to do with him struggling to latch once my milk had come in. I collected some colostrum before birth and he had some of that as well as feeding directly from me x

@Emma hi! Sorry I am so new to this so silly question. What did you do in the 5 days before your milk came in?

I had an induction and emergency c-section and my milk came 5 days after x

I had a c section with my twins at 32 weeks. I was in hospital and the breast feeding rep came and saw me and ask my intentions regarding breast or formula/bottle. I didn't want to breast feed or express to be honest it just wasn't for me however due to the babies being premature I said I would express until the point I can safely transition to formula. A few days/a week before my c section I started to collect my colostrum by hand. It was already there ready to go even at 32 weeks! As soon as I had my c section while in recovery I carried on collecting colostrum by hand but noticed it was mostly milk now anyway and by the next day I could use the electric pump. Obviously breastfeeding is different but if you start stimulation and collecting your colostrum before your c section there's a good chance that if your milk isn't in by your babies arrival you could use what you collected and possibly be ready to feed after birth or sooner after x

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If you ask the hospital for some colostrum syringes they will give them too you or I just had a look you can buy them on Amazon. When my prem babies where born I had loads in the freezer ready to go x

So I had a c section the 20th and it took 3 days to come in so I asked the nurses for donor milk. I would have my daughter latch then substitute. Now my milk has really started to come in. Also collecting colostrum and bringing it to the hospital was a life saver. Just in case she didn't latch she had a little stash. Hope this helps

I had a c section after 17 hours of labour and not progressing. It took 6 days for my milk to come in. I had lots of colostrum in the freezer which I took to hospital and used in the first 5 days, ran out on the 6th day so had to give a few syringes of formula but that was all. Been ebf ever since and 5 months strong now x

I had a section at 37 weeks exactly and my milk came in 3 days later, I had a decent supply but was unable to breastfeed due to meds I was on turning my milk bright orange so was advised not to

I had an emergency c section with my son and like a day or couple days after being home I did give formula to bc of latching issues and I just couldn’t I was to wore out to just breast feed

I had a delay of 4 to 5 days. My csection was at 37 weeks exactly though due to complications. I supplemented with formula- mainly because the hospital wouldn't let me leave until they were happy I could feed baby so decided to use formula and started breast feeding when milk arrived. I actually think it worked best as she always took a bottle when I needed her too

The delay in milk is not an issue because you already have colostrum and it will be present at birth. Your milk coming in is actually your colostrum transitioning into mature milk. So “milk coming in” is actually a misleading term. Women are wrongly told that they need to wait for their milk to come in to nurse. Colostrum is highly nutritious, actually way more nutritious than matur milk and more than enough for baby the first week of life. You just need to nurse and feed on demand and make sure you get baby to latch within 1-2hrs after birth. So many moms are also wrongly told to supplement instead of just nursing and giving baby colostrum more frequently (every 1-2hrs). So no matter when you milk comes in, you should be fine. I would focus more on how to get baby to latch well at birth. I hope this help!

@Kirsty don’t apologise!! So I continued to produce colostrum. Initially I hand expressed it into syringes but then as the days went on I used the hospital pump to pump colostrum. I did this to also help my body produce the milk as I was separated from my baby and so he couldn’t try and feed and therefore trigger my body to produce milk. It’s important to remember that a babies stomach is really tiny to begin with so they don’t need masses of milk, colostrum is plenty and it’s so so good for them!! More than happy to chat further or I can send some resources I found useful in those early days x

My milk took around 4-5 days to come in. I expressed as much colostrum as possible before hand and had to use formula in the meantime. I kept using formula alongside breast milk as my supply wasn’t enough to meet baby’s demands x

I managed to collect a little bit of colostrum before my section. I had an emergency section 7 weeks ago. My milk properly came in at day 3 but my baby wouldn’t latch on to the boob. I express and give it to him through a bottle. Unfortunately my supply wasn’t enough for him to just have breast milk so we top up with formula xx

I had no problems breastfeeding my little one, were 4.5 months in now x