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Breast feeding

hey ladies am stuck on breast feeding my baby latches on really well and I feel like am doing it right but I don't know weather he's just using my boob as a dummy or he's swallowing how do I know ? It hurts but it's not unbearable I can cope just wondering xxx
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Thanks ladies am just a first time mum and omg you don't half worry that your not doing everything right don't you he's only had a nappy change one poo and one wee today I think he's drinking because my boobs are wet when he's finished he just seems to eat all the time and I feel like am not doing it right it's so stressful best thing ever but so nerve wracking xxx
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You can also see milk around the edges of baby's mouth
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You should be able to hear a swallow. If not, watch baby after hes done eating. Is ge content or fussy? Is he wetting and soiling enough diapers? Those are good cues too.
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