Breast feeding first time mum needing some advice

Tips needed to help improve my supply baby seems hungry a lot and when I’m pumping I only get about 60ml at a time
I’m looking to transfer to solely using bottles and pumping but struggling to build any sort of milk supply up

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How old is your LO? They may be cluster feeding because of an upcoming growth spurt

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4weeks tomorrow xx

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At 4 weeks that is how much I was producing. My baby is now 12 weeks and I'm producing about 125 per pump. I just kept pumping every 2-3 hours and did maybe a power pump every 2 weeks.

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The BEST way to increase milk supply is simply by putting baby to the breast more. No amount of supplements, foods, or pumping can do what your baby can do for your milk supply. LO is tired? Boob. Hungry? Boob. Fussing? Boob.

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