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I’m expressing its hard but so worth it I’m just trying for aslong as I can but no pressure on myself I do the odd feed formula so I can express milk or through the night etc and because I’ve had an infection my milk supply was down whilst fighting it so topped up with formula i use a low lactose formula kendamil comfort so it’s kind on her tummy x

How old is your LO? X

My midwife says even a few weeks of breast milk gives a lot of benefits so I wouldn’t stress too much about combi feeding xx

You do what you feel most comfortable with and what suits you and your baby! Even one tiny bit of breastmilk has lots of goodness in so you can absolutely do part breastmilk part formula! I combi fed from 12 weeks until we switched to a prescribed CMPA friendly formula at 20 weeks so 5 months ish…I never got along with pumping it really stressed me out and I constantly felt like it was all I was doing!

It’s actually better to continue with breast milk until 1 year rather than change to formula at 6 months. I couldn’t breastfeed my son and switched to formula at about 8 weeks and it really messed him up. He had such bad constipation until he was 1. It was awful. So I would advise carrying it on. But again I understand how hard it is. I couldn’t manage it. So if you feel you need to then change to formula. Babies to perfectly fine without any breast milk at all. So you should feel very proud of how much you have managed to give your baby xx

How old is your baby? Would you like more support with breastfeeding? You could contact a lactation consultant (they're not free but are absolutely amazing at what they do) if you wanted to try and get your baby to latch successfully

My son had a severe tongue tie so we had alot of issues with my son feeding. I managed to breastfeed and express to top him up untill he was 14/15weeks, he was putting on weight but not alot and very slowly. So we started combi feeding, he is now 23weeks (5 n half months). Thriving and growing strong.