Wish I knew this before having my baby!!!

If your goal is to breastfeed, I’m hoping I can save someone else from the difficulty I went through. Over 1/10 babies have a tongue tie, and many many more have issues feeding and latching. Pediatricians are notoriously bad at diagnosing these issues. If your baby hasn’t reached their expected weight by 2 weeks, GO TO A LACTATION CONSULTANT ASAP! We saw 3 pediatricians that all missed my son’s SEVERE tongue tie. We didn’t see a lactation consultant till almost four weeks. At this point, it was too late for me. Your supply regulates between 2-4 weeks and trying to increase it afterwards can be very difficult for many women. Because we did not catch this issue fast enough, and my baby was not able to adequately stimulate milk production by draining my milk, I missed the window to significantly increase my supply and have been struggling to increase ever since. Had we caught this issue earlier, I potentially could have continued to exclusively feed my baby breastmilk. GO TO AN LC IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING AT 2 WEEKS!!! Do not wait till after your supply regulates!!! It will be sooo much harder to increase it!!!