Breast milk supply low

I am 27 days post partum and I am able to express total of 55 mill breast milk in one pumping session. This is before offering to breastfeed my baby and maybe I have another 10 ml that baby eats after.
I am worried my flow is lesser than what’s is usual for this phase.
I had a difficult first few weeks postpartum due to sore and cracked nipples which reduced my milk supply. We were doing 70 percent formula and 30 percent breast milk for first 2 weeks. Eventually now we are able to do 90 percent breast milk and 10 percent formula which is mostly huge before night sleep. Last 10 were better with a steady increase in BM supply until yesterday when I noticed she wasn’t full after several feeds.

Is this a growth spurt and hence she needs more milk than usual? I am worried I’m feeding her less than what’s she needs. Please advise.

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I’m not a professional in this but it’s completely normal for your baby to be more hungry during this time. If she’s still showing hunger cues, then she mostly likely needs more milk. She might be cluster feeding as often babies will do this during a growth spurt. It could be where she needs milk more often/ more frequently or more just in general. If your baby is doing this it is a good sign that she’s developing well! What I did was I supplemented with more formula during this time as I was worried I wasn’t producing enough milk. Hope this helps!

Cluster feeding is so so normal at this stage! Feels like all they do is eat sometimes! Follow your babies ques and try not to stick to a schedule, it can be exhausting and feel like they aren't getting enough because they always seem hungry but it's actually them signalling what they need.. Just trust yourself and your baby, you're doing great!!

This is generally HOW babies increase your supply. By feeding more. Ur supply isnt fully established yet so you may want to latch baby as much as baby wants. Like on demand

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