Need help !!!

Please help, I want to breast feed my baby she’s almost 6 weeks but I feel as though I just don’t have milk. Whenever I’m pumping I’m getting 1 ounce per boob and it’s really frustrating me. I’m more than happy to give her breast milk in the bottle but I can’t even do that. She is latching and drinking fine and seems satisfied but please give me tips to increase my supply. I am desperate.

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You can breast feed and baby will keep drinking and it will boost your supply, also ur pump could be bad my daughter is 3 months I’ve breastfed since birth but when I pump with my electric pump I get 1 ounce maybe half and when I manually pump I get 2 ounce in 20 mins, the more the baby drinks from ur breast the more milk ur body will make, I’m sure ur not pumping every 1-2 hours?? Cos a baby will drink that often and ur milk supply will be good. But if u don’t start breastfeeding ur milk can dry up all together, I hope this helps if you have any other questions just ask xx

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I’m feeding her on demand so I’m only pumping if she’s having a long nap and during the day or night whenever she hasn’t fed for 2 hours. I’m using only a wearable pump. Should I invest in a hospital grade ? Do you have any recommendations ? I don’t want to purchase and then it doesn’t work for me.

I have now given her formula 3 times, it’s fustrating for both of us so avoid getting myself worked up and her starving I have given her formula. Today I have given her formula twice already just because whenever she latching, she’s swallowing but just fussy.

When she has the pacifier, she’s suckling on it super hard. I don’t know if she’s hungry or she just wants to suckle. It’s driving me and now

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what pump are you using ?

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Don’t worry sweetie, I know it’s worrying try to stay calm.

Listen if baby has a dummy, it can delay hunger, so she might be hungry and then suck and go sleep but if your baby is hungry they will make it known they will cry and cry.
I used the Momcozy m5 and it’s like nearly £200 and crap. I now use the Mandela hand pump which is £27 and it’s soooo goood!!! But I think instead of pumping you should just keep breastfeeding on demand and your milk supply will go up. Make sure ur drinking lots of water everyday and eating! When I don’t drink or eat well that day I feel like my supply is low also stressing won’t help. If baby has been weighed and weight is good then don’t worry about her not getting enough it mean she is. Also is she having more than 6 wet nappies a day? If so she’s fine x

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So much good advice up here, but really make sure you’re drinking plenty of water. Coconut water (though expensive) helped me increase mine, along with oat milk/oats in the form of flapjacks and porridge. Don’t stress and do lots of skin to skin as well ❤️

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she does have more than 6 wet nappies a day but she’s just fussy. Bear in mind I literally wear her 24/7 cos she’s going through a Velcro baby phase at the moment. I’ll try the Mandela hand pump. Thank you ❤️

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will give coconut water a go! I’m sick of oats already 🥲

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thank you! Will do. Need the reassurance ❤️

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Babies are more efficient at extracting milk than machines. It sounds like your baby and your milk supply are fine ☺️🤍

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My main reason for pumping is because in the evenings especially before she goes down for the night she’s super fussy and won’t latch on the nipples, it’s so much easier to give her expressed milk and satisfy her and then feed on demand through the night. I try to pump just 4-5 ounces for the night bottle. She just refuses to latch at night.

Any advice or anyone been though it ?

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