Reduction in milk supply

My baby is 9 weeks today and I’ve been exclusively pumping due to issues with his latch and breastfeeding generally. I’ve gone back on the mini pill about 10 days ago and noticed a reduction in my milk supply which has resulted in me no longer producing enough for his feeds so am having to introduce some formula to supplement - anyone else had a similar issue?

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I’m 6 weeks into pumping but recently I have fund my milk supply has been reducing massively! I used to be able to feed fully breast milk all day and formula at night…where as now it’s about 50/50! Not sure why, currently not on anything so also unsure why this has happened! X

my supply has gone up and down over the weeks but I’m at an all time low now! It’s confusing isn’t it

I got advised to try the baby on the breast every feed then after try express for 15 minutes to totally empty the milk out which my milk supply has seemed to start coming back more

it’s frustrating isn’t it! I’ve found even trying to increase how many times I pump im about 15min sessions didn’t help. I only seem to get a decent amount on the morning pump

I exclusively pump as well and my baby is also 9 weeks. Today I have noticed my milk supply has reduced a lot. I always used to pump a minimum of 120ml every 2-3 hours and didn’t need to give him formula at all but today I’ve only been producing about 60-70ml per pumping session. I didn’t think about the relation with the mini pill - I started taking it 2 days ago so I wonder if it’s anything to do with that!?

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