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I am so embarrassed to be admitting all of this but I know I am not the only one that's ever gone through this...

Let's start from the beginning... my doctor was born and wouldn't latch. They would put her on my breast, and she would instantly fall asleep. She would never suck. She didn't want to take a bottle.She didn't want to take breast, so she did not eat for the first roughly 36 hours of life. The nurses and doctors made me feel so inadequate and made me feel like I wasn't doing a good job as a mom. In the middle of the night, my started crying, and we begged for formula and she took it instantly my goal was to have her get on the formula, then switch her over to breast. Unfortunately, she's only truly latched, maybe 3 times total. She is now 7 weeks old. I was pumping but not consistently. I have older kiddos at home and I got PPD and PPA and then I became completely discouraged with her not wanting to latch. Then I lost the feeling of being full... so I would tend to forget to pump as the sensation wasn't there. Then, I would hand pump, and I would only get about half an ounce between both breasts. I talked to a peer counselor for breastfeeding, and she encouraged me to get back on a schedule to pump. I wasn't consistent enough previously. Now, i'm only getting a couple drops out of each breast. Not even enough to do anything with.

So with all of that being said, my question is if I continue to pump, will I ever get my milk supply back?? I have been pumping throughout the day as well as power pumping once a day...

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So sorry for all you had to go through within first weeks of your baby’s life
You have done what is best and kept you and baby safe

Yes, if you feel okay to pump, then keep it up, even a drop of breast milk Is still useful for the baby
Whatever you can get, don’t pressure yourself into getting loads

You can try the different tricks like drinking lots, eating adequate carbs , ensuring your pump flange is the right size and power pump

My daughter was not a hungry baby and struggled to gain weight and would sleep through the night. I was told to wake her to feed but she just fell straight back to sleep. My supply wasn’t great because of it and eventually I just decided to stick with the bottle and she was a happy healthy baby.

My son is exclusively breastfed, he hand a tounge tie so he struggled to latch and it was painful but he feeds every 2 hours and he’s 6 months old.

Two very different babies. Both fed. I know how hard it is when you want to breast feed but as someone struggling with PPD and PPA just do what you can and don’t let anyone tell you it’s wrong because of baby is fed and happy that’s all that matters

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