How often did everyone else New born breast feed?? I’m getting discouraged Zuri only likes my right breast and she feeds…

when my baby was a newborn she only fed on my right breast every 4-5 hours. Lactation nurse first told me to wake her but when I did she didn’t want to eat. I let it ride and now she eats every 2-3 hours.

Your right breast probably has more milk than the left so it’s easier to feed from that side.. that’s what was happening to me.

Are you still in the hospital? Talk to the nurse, if not, call the doctor. We had to supplement at first. Breastfeeding is awesome but our little one was burning too many calories trying to nurse- my milk wasn’t fully in. I would breastfeed then supplement. We were in the hospital though and had a lot of guidance. If your milk is in, try pumping in between and then feed her that breast milk in a cycle, so she gets fed every 2 hrs. It might be easier for her to just drink it from a bottle.

I make my new born feed every 2-3 hours. If mine doesn’t feel like feeding I change his diaper even if he doesn’t need it. Thats enough to wake him to feed. Also you can try skin to skin feeding to try to wake her.

Is she slightly jaundiced? There is breast feeding jaundice which made mine sluggish. So just curious