Hello.  I am hoping that someone can help me.  A mom had her baby on 
Friday.  She has inverted nipples, therefore I have been prepping her and 
made sure she had a nipple shield at her disposal.  However, latching the baby 
on was challenging especially since all the little guy wanted to do was sleep 
after birth (to be expected).  He was born at 1:55 pm and didn't eat until 
1am.  Of course I didn't want to leave until he was breastfed because I knew 
what the outcome would be.  YES... he was given formula *deep sigh*.  

The mom was holding him yesterday and he began rooting, she lifted her shirt 
and he latched on, he had some trouble with out the shield.  She tried with 
the shield and he suckled for 10 minutes but the mom said no milk came out.  
We tried to manually express the first day and nothing came out.  I find it 
extremely strange that nothing came out when he was at the breast for 10 
minutes.  I know she doesn't have a cork in her nipple and I have never heard 
of such a thing.  She said he was suckling and not swallowing and she saw no 
milk in the shield.    The mother feels that the extreme stress she undergoing 
may be the cause of the milk not coming out.  The stress is family related, 
throughout the ending of her pregnancy until now.  She is engorged, but no 
leaking and according to her no milk is coming out.  She is getting a manual 
pump today.  Has anyone heard of such a thing?

Sorry for the long message, I couldn't explain properly without mentioning 
other things.  

Thank you in advance for reading and responding.  Any feedback or advice will 
be greatly appreciated.  


Jessica Sanchez-L., Mother of 2, BF Peer Counselor, BS

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