Breast & Formula Feeding

Is there anyone on here breast & formula feeding? As I’m looking for some guidance.

We tried exclusively breastfeeding but little one struggles with latch and I don’t think my supply is enough as she’s still hungry after feeding🙄So we are mostly formula feeding with a bottle of breast milk before bed. But I’d like to introduce more breast milk but don’t know where and how to start. And if what I’m experiencing is normal, because of the latching issues I wouldn’t be able to breastfeed in public so it would be mostly formula (however I do have a cool bottle coming soon) it’s taking it’s taking its time to come.

For context my little girl is 2 months old on the 5th.

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I decided exclusively pump as baby was jaundiced and sleepy at the start. I only latch her in in the evening. Otherwise I pump every 3h during the day and every 4h during the night.
My baby was always hungry after breastfeeding so decided to pump more. Now I know exactly how much expressed breastmilk she’s getting and if still hungry I offer formula as a top up. It’s a lot of hard work to exclusively pump, but it’s only temporary, and for me, worth the sacrifice .

I had the same problem and decided to exclusively pump. It has worked out a lot better for us. I pump every 2.5 hours in the day and around 3 to 4 hours at night. At the beginning we gave lots of formula but I have been building up supply and my baby is now getting around 80% breast milk and 20% formula.

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