Is it just me?🥲

Is it just me or do you guys feel betrayed when you give your LO a bottle? I enjoy breastfeeding, I have no issues with pumping either but I had giving him that bottle. Breast feeding makes me feel more connected and close to my LO. Unfortunately, I go back to work soon so technically don’t have a choice but I literally wanna cry when I give him a bottle rather than breastfeeding🥲

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I love breastfeeding but also enjoy watching my partner bond with his child by feeding her a bottle of my breast milk.

My supply isn’t great and it hurts my feelings to not be able to provide for him. Every time I feel like I’m getting it back a bit, just like that I can barely get an ounce of a 5 minute latch. I want to give up and then feel so guilty. So I get it

When you are only breastfeeding and not pumping how do you know your baby is getting enough milk? And is actually drinking

I can’t answer that. I pump and breastfeed…we just give him 1 bottle a day so there isn’t nipple confusion.

I’ve been basing it off her cues. I let her unlatch when finished and see if she asks for more. I’m also feeding on demand so if she cues she gets the boob even if for 5 minutes. You can also track wet/poop dialers. If they are eliminating frequently they are getting enough.

they continuously gain weight and follow their percentile curve.
You can also hear and see their swallow. They’re content and aren’t crying.
I express for one bottle a day and my baby is 97th percentile and thriving having been born 50th percentile.

what Donna said is what I was gonna tell you. I always try to find out if he’s swallowing, if he has a lot of poops and pees and his weight gain but sometimes he’s on the boob for 30 minutes at a time and I get worried he isn’t getting enough milk

my 3month old is gaining weight only bit by bit and now my health visitor is worried about her weight as she should be putting more on and has gone below her percentile curve! I feed every 2hrs x

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