Combo Feeding
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@Cody Michelle I went to exclusively pumping for a few weeks before we got the tires reversed, and it wasn’t easy but I kind of got into a groove with it, but I was hoping to go back to breast-feeding now I feel really discouraged and like I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to breast-feed again. I’ve gotten my milk supply up super high through the roof with a pumping trick. I did a few weeks ago, but then I was pumping so much like two amounts of feedings at a time that I slacked, and I wasn’t pumping every four hours because I want to sleep so that my milk supply dwindled. Now I’ve been pumping and barely getting 3 ounces and he needs four for a feeding so today was really stressful. My husband and I broke down and ended up getting some organic formula for him. I feel so guilty I went from wanting to exclusively breast-feed to no adjusting to pumping, and then not even being able to. I feel confident I can get my supply up over the next day or at least get a stash going, but guilt
Hi! So I was same like you. Combo feeding first two weeks because my nipples was so sore, then switched to only breast but my baby weight gains has massively slow down. I was trying everything to increase milk amount but she's still was gaining only 100gr per week instead of 180/200. Last week I have decided that we coming back to combo feeding because I prefer baby getting formula and being happy than sticking with only breast and very upset hungry baby :) you know what's best for you and your lo.
Hi @Cody Michelle — it’s great to hear your experience. I’m starting to enter this world myself as well. My boy will be seven weeks tomorrow. It’s been an ongoing struggle breast-feeding him. He came almost a month early, which can make it hard for them to breast-feed. Also, he had a lip and tongue tie that we just got reversed last week in the hopes that it would make breast-feeding better but it’s still been really hard.