Supply ðŸ˜
Really worried that I'm losing my milk supply..
My baby was born early so for 3-4 months while he was in hospital I religiously pumped every 3 hours for 20 mins, I was a massive over supplier. I had to buy a freezer for storage and also donated ALOT to the hospital and neither I or Hospital had space to keep storing.
Baby is now home and breastfeeding (he was feeding well doing 15-20mins every 3 hours in hospital but now he feeds for 5 mins every 1-2 hours 😠I pump over night as he has to be tube fed at night. But I fear my supply has massively dropped, I used to pump 180ml total each time, and just now I pumped 50ml total ðŸ˜
I've also noticed my breasts look smaller and never feel full anymore, one breast looks even smaller than beforeI was pregnant.
And help or advice would be appreciated ðŸ˜
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Sounds like baby has regulated your supply to what they actually need (usually would happen about 6 weeks) whereas before you were pumping so much it created an over supply.
If they are now feeding directly then it makes sense that you'd pump less as the rest is going directly to baby.
As they get older they become more efficient at extracting milk so they do have shorter feeds.
If baby is gaining weight, having wet nappies and is content then they are getting enough and you are doing amazing!
I had this same issue. Also was an over suppler. Mine drops dramatically just before my period. Did try breastfeeding soon as she was born but she was playing about and didn’t gain weight so she was given expressed breast milk so I knew how much she was having. Now that’s she 3 plus months she back on the breast as I lost supply and needed her to signal to produce more. She’s done well and it’s back to normal. Poor girl has to deal with a fast flow.
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Supply ðŸ˜
Really worried that I'm losing my milk supply..
My baby was born early so for 3-4 months while he was in hospital I religiously pumped every 3 hours for 20 mins, I was a massive over supplier. I had to buy a freezer for storage and also donated ALOT to the hospital and neither I or Hospital had space to keep storing.
Baby is now home and breastfeeding (he was feeding well doing 15-20mins every 3 hours in hospital but now he feeds for 5 mins every 1-2 hours 😠I pump over night as he has to be tube fed at night. But I fear my supply has massively dropped, I used to pump 180ml total each time, and just now I pumped 50ml total ðŸ˜
I've also noticed my breasts look smaller and never feel full anymore, one breast looks even smaller than beforeI was pregnant.
And help or advice would be appreciated ðŸ˜
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