low supply and rejecting one breast

[pumpkingirl71]

I thought I had finally made it out of the woods. We have dealt with low weight gain and low supply. My dd finally started gaining weight and I was able to get her off supplements.

Now she is rejecting one breast. She loves the other to death. If I had never had supply problems, I wouldn't worry. But I am sure I can't feed her with just one breast. She will only nurse on my right breast if I am lying down. So the obvious answer to feed her lying dow, but I have two three year olds, so I can really only lie down to feed her at night or when my husband is home.

When I pump, my breasts don't seem that different. I don't think that it is strong or slow letdown, but it could be. She did have an ear infection four weeks ago and I thought it hurt to rest on the painful ear, but she has been checked and the ear is clear.

Any ideas what the problem is or how I can help it?

[CathMac]

Originally Posted by pumpkingirl71

... Now she is rejecting one breast. She loves the other to death. If I had never had supply problems, I wouldn't worry. But I am sure I can't feed her with just one breast. She will only nurse on my right breast if I am lying down. So the obvious answer to feed her lying dow, but I have two three year olds, so I can really only lie down to feed her at night or when my husband is home. ...

Congrats on the progress you've made. If the pumping suggests you get the same amount of milk I can't imagine what she thinks the difference is.

The only thing I can think of would be to co-sleep overnight with her on the right. And/or to experiment with a variety of holds. Perhaps the football hold? Or if you are more coordinated with me maybe try a sling to try and approximate the postion she's in while sidelying.

~Cath

[RaeAnne]

I have a chocolate boob too, but I think the let down is slower on the "white" side, and because I've repeatedly just "let her" have the chocolate side when I need to feed in a hurry in public, there is less milk too. Good luck!

[GooeyRN]

I dealt with side preference. My left side has less milk and scarring on the nipple so ds doesn't really like that side. I pumped it a lot to get the supply higher in that side, used that side at night, and always made him eat from that side first. There were a lot of tears (both of us), but we got through it.