I'm not new to JM .. been here a fair few years, I mainly am in the siggy lounge, April
PR 2009 and WTTC Grads.
I recently had my third baby on 1st November, Olivia Leanne weighing in at 7lb.
I was breastfeeding her direct from the boob from birth, until when she was 7/8 days old, because she came MAJOR fussy at the boob and for the life of her wouldn't stay latched on
I spent 2 days in tears and very frustrated to keep her at the boob to no avail
So had to make the heartbreaking decision to stop ( I still regret that decidion to this day as shes my last baby and wanted to do everything I won't be able to do again). She had a week or 2 of formula and both me and her were happy, she was settled, I got sleep and wasn't sat about all day feeding as she was feeding every hour to 2 hours ( I later discover this is very normal). Anyway about 3/4 weeks I am still producing (Not much) so decide to pump and see what I get .. I did 20 mins each side and got an ounce .. didn't think that was too bad since I hadn't breastfed for 2 weeks or there abouts. I continued pumping twice a day and its slowly gaining, so she has pumped milk and formula. I still get about an ounce each time .. but am working hard to bump it up. She tends to get 1 a day of breast milk (she takes 5oz so she has one that has 3oz BM and 2oz formula). I am investing in an electric pump as the manual one is killing my hands lol, so when that arrives I am aiming to 15 minutes each side every 2 or3 hours .. do you think that will be a good start ?? I am drinking LOADS more water in the hope that helps .. so any other advice to bump my supply would be fab!!
Oh and I'm Helen by the way lol!
Keep us posted.
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