question for preemie moms..

[MFH13]

My daughter was born on Sunday weighing 4 pounds and 16 inches, I was only 35 weeks. shes very little but they let me take her home. She has a problem staying awake to breastfeed, I try to wake her up but eventually she won't wake up anymore. I was just wondering if its a preemie thing or is it normal? And if your baby did this, how did you fix it? It's so frustrating, I don't want to switch to formula but her pediatrician said if she loses any more weight I'm gonna have to

[krissy1008]

Are you doing skin to skin my little girl wasn't preemie but I noticed that helped keep her awake. Also when you notice she's starting to fall asleep express a little milk in her mouth that makes them relatch and continue feeding sometimes.

[mrsMartinez91]

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Breastfeeding/show/233Ladies there is a breast feeding forum they can possibly help.

Heres the a link to med help breast feeding forum they can possibly help. My son was born at 38.3 and I didn't have this problem.

[amandajane88]

I'm in the same situation. My son was born 5 lbs yesterday at 36 wks. It is very common for premie babies so don't give up! Also there is nothing wrong with supplementing formula if you have to! I would love more  advice on this as well

[1st_time_momma]

My daughter did the same thing when I'd bf her. I had to strip her down to her diaper and with a cold rag wiper her face n body when she started to doze off on me

[krystalmomto3]

Both of my son's were full tern and would fall asleep breastfeeding so I started pumping and giving them breastmilk in a bottle they have to work pretty hard to breastfeed and for a preemie that could wear her out. A bottle flows alit easier.