3-4 days. I kept breastfeeding. Newborns have very tiny stomachs & the colostrum is all they need until your milk comes in.

The next day after giving birth.

@leslyev92, no problem!😊

@ashleycorinaa 😂 I’m going to do that, thank you!! 🙏🏼

@leslyev92, oh!! Then it should come in soon enough don’t even worry😊 just keep chugging water like your life depends on it. Keep a gallon next to you 😂 another thing that helps supply is oatmeal. I hated eating/making it but I will admit it worked

@ashleycorinaa, I’m on it. For the milk and also to help with healing! & I’m on day 3

@leslyev92, mine get dark the minute I enter the third trimester and right after birth😩 They did slowly get lighter though and eventually went back to what color they originally were lol. How long has it been? By the 3rd day I kind of felt like it came in a little but the 4th day was like milk overflow! Make sure you are drinking an insane amount of water that helps so much

@ashleycorinaa, Gotcha, mine got dark after breastfeeding tho. And it hurts so bad 😭 my milk still hasn’t come in.

@leslyev92, no they get dark during pregnancy and after just from the hormones for some people. Cracked is literally they are so dry they crack and could bleed. It becomes like a cut basically

@ashleycorinaa, when the tip of the nipple gets dark that’s considered cracking ?

And I nursed all of them over a year each

@leslyev92, I used the palmers cocoa butter formula nursing butter and in between feedings one side I did experience some dryness that led to cracking ( I know, ouch😫) and used coconut oil on that. Both helped right away and it was gone before I knew it

@ashleycorinaa, Oh cluster feeding is no joke!! What balm did you use ?

5 days with my first and 3 days with my next two

@leslyev92, yeah 100% better. It was like there was no issue in the first place so I was glad I called her. Only time I had pain again was during that first cluster feeding frenzy but I bought a nipple balm and was okay 👍

Right after birth. I put them on immediately and then got colostrum then that night I had milk

@ashleycorinaa, oh wow 🤦🏻‍♀️ but after she started latching on correctly it got easier ?

@ek620, you are a strong mama 💪🏼

@leslyev92, it was for me but it was because she wouldn’t latch correctly because day 1 my MIL gave her a pacifier and nipple confusion happened. I called my midwife who was also a lactation specialist and she helped with positioning and after that it was fine

@leslyev92, It was painful breastfeeding for the first few weeks. Then after a couple of weeks it was pain free.

@ek620, @ashleycorinaa, Was it painful to latch them on even without the milk coming in ?

3-4

3-4 days and I kept breastfeeding

3-4 days. I kept breastfeeding. Newborns have very tiny stomachs & the colostrum is all they need until your milk comes in.

Mine came in like the week before giving birth

In the meantime did you supplement or did you continue to breastfeed ?