My son was born at 9.9 lbs and I was never told to supplement. The more you latch baby on the more milk you'll have. You gotta be a human pacifier! It's so hard having a big baby, hang in there you got this!

With breastmilk baby only needs 1 to 1.25 oz per hour. If you're bottle feeding and that needs to be paced, as well as formula, but I dubt you actually need to supplement

The size of the baby doesn't determine the amount of breastmilk he needs. thats only for formula because it has less nutrients than breastmilk.

Oh and I do both at the same time

I wasn't able to latch on while I was in the hospital because I had some medical issues that had to be dealt with. Also my baby was almost 10 lbs so he needed more than I was making. I was told to pump every 3 hours for 30 min. The more regularly you do it the more you get. We feed breast and formula.

supply can regulate*

Unless you're exclusively pumping, don't do it until after 6 weeks so your supply can relate. nurse baby first, then pump. You should really only do it once a day, unless you've bottle fed baby. always pump when you've missed a nursing session. This advice comes from information I learned from "expressions! lactation services" group on Facebook, which is ran by certified lactation specialists. I suggest you join! They're miracle workers.

@jaydensmom 20 mins and 5 mins after last drop. every time you supplement you should pump. Also you should pump every 2 hours.

Why do you think you aren't producing enough? how old is baby? Diaper count? Hospitals aren't trained in lactation and not all LCs are good becuase they don't have the schooling, just a week long class

The hospital told me to pump I'm not producing enough so the lactation consultant told me to and supplement with formula @meagansimone

It depends on why you're pumping. At work or missed feed, 5 mnutes after lat drop. Engorgement, only until pressure is relieved.You shouldn't pump before 6 weeks though