I am wanting to give up on breastfeeding. I had trouble latching my baby from birth. The anatomy of my breast made it hard. I been exclusively pumping and bottle feeding since then and now combo feeding. At first I made well over enough to feed her even had a freezer stash. Then it went down and I was barely making enough. Now my supply was cut in half so I have to feed her breast milk and formula. Not sure if it's because I got an IUD that my supply dropped. It's discouraging going for making 3/4oz to 1/2oz per session. Feeling overwhelmed as well with pumping like it's hard to go anywhere cause I'm just watching the clock for the next pump session. And my husband is back at work so I'm alone with our baby and then having to pump just makes it so much more stressful. My baby is about to be 4 month. I want to quit but I feel guilty and my husband says it's not a good idea but he doesn't know how mentally draining it's becoming. Have any of you ladies went through this ?
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totally get it ❤️ i was able to breastfeed but his latch became worse as he got older and it hurt sooo bad that i started dreading feeding him. now i literally only pump 3 times a day and get what i can with that and the rest formula and my mental health & how i am as a mom has been sooo much better! a man will NEVER understand fully the mental part of breastfeeding. you just have to be honest with yourself and do what you can that will make you the best you and best momma 🫶 which looks different for everybody

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