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Bby hates breastfeeding

Hospital made give bottle and didn’t tell me I had to pump…. Now a month pp I try to bf he doesn’t like sucking he just month open or licking constantly crying pulling away maybe I’ll get 20 mins in or he stays for over an hour with light sucking(tried me out). When I pump I get 3oz like twice a day if not 1.5-2 the other times. I’m not sure what to do if I’ll even produce more or if he’ll even latch on later. I’m telling myself a lil breast milk if better then none but also wasting so much time and energy and not feeling like I’m achieving anything

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Also he eats 4oz every 3hours soooo I can’t keep up with my pump supply

Have you tried seeing a lactation consultant? Baby might have an issue with his mouth making it hard to latch. My daughter had to do physical therapy

I struggled too. My baby was premie size and my milk didnt come in until 6 weeks too cuz we struggled. I went to lactation consultant.
If baby is not use to nipple they could offer anipple shield to go over nipple so baby can get use to it.
They also have Nipple tube feeding which basically is attaching a tube to nipple and when baby sucks he gets bm and formula.
I say during a feeding let baby suck for 10 minutes each breast and then give formula. U dnt want to have him sucking working too hard and get too tired to feed so thats what i would do.
Then id do power pumping for an hour several times a day using your pump. You basically pump 10-15 minutes and stop for 10 minutes. Do that off n on for an hour. It will help place demand on your body to produce more milk.
You can ask the pediatrician and they can referr u to a lactation consultation and your insurance should cover it if u in the United States.

I couldn’t produce enough milk so I supplemented which helped cause my baby was gassy

Maybe try combo feeding, formula and breast milk until you can get ur supply up pumping or see a lactation consultant.

Power pumping, pumping every 2-3hrs in the night and pumping one breast while trying to breastfeed on the other at the same time really helped me up my supply. You got this mama, and you’re doing great no matter how baby is eating. Fed is best! You’re still a great mom no matter what.

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