@heera kk

No ones being nit picky. Hence why I said whatever works for you. Everytime she cries at home I'm just saying it's best to put her on breast if you actually want to breastfeed. Same thing she just said. I literally said exactly what she said lmfao. When you get home focus on that if thats what your guna do. As long as shes healthy she'll be fine.

@mcrowell0970 i understand. Ill do what i can.

@mommyhawkins2016 its ok. Its not anyones fault. Im not irratated with anyone really. I know the amount she gets when she latches is more than i can pump, but it doesnt change the fact that when i have to pump it isnt enough. I think thats what people are misunderstanding. The one time she latched and nursed i was actually able to fill her up and still had to pump some off. But now that im having to pump for her more bc she perfers the bottle my milk supply while pumping is not enough. Had she been nursed from day 1 it wouldve been diffrent. But she wasnt even allowed to eat until she was almost 3 days old bc her breathing was to fast, and that meant she risked choking. That was after she spent almost 48 hrs on the C-Pap (oxygen support) after they put the fluid she was missing into her lungs to help.them get stronger and develop fully. Thats the other reason why her situtation is diffrent that i dont think people are understanding. They want her to have the extra calories bc her body needs it. I understand that, bc her lungs were so weak that she couldnt make a sound really and if they took her off oxygen for even a min the first day she was born shed stop breathing. Right now shes relying on what breast milk i can give her, and the extra calories to make sure she continues to do good and continues to develop good. I mean hell her ped doc wants her in like tuesday bc of the condition she was born in. Were lucky were even getting her out of the hostpital this week. So yeah i dont really understand why people are being so nit picky about how im having to feed her when theres more than one reason why.

@heera i dont really have a choice at the moment. I want to breast feed, and yes im probably producing enough but they have her on a specific diet. At the moment she seems to have more comfort in the bottle as well, bc until last night i havent been able to be with her for more than an hr. The whole first 6 days of her life shes been in the nursery, since less than 10 mins after she was born. Shes been bottle fed when im not able to be here. Bc until your in the transistion rooms like we are now, my hostpital has no rooms for you to constantly stay with your baby until theyre discharged. Belive me if i couldve i wouldve. I havent given up, and yes im gonna keep trying, but shes used to eating more than i can pump. I want her to still have breast milk, and ive been subsituting bc thats what theyve been doing the whole time shes been here, bc until just like a day ago they didnt even want her on the breast. Then a day ago they said once a day until she goes home. The first time she did good, but since then she prefers the bottle, and i feel like thats bc shes used to it. Regardless im not going to stop giving her breast milk, but bc of that and the fact that when i pump vs when she latches, that when i pump shes only getting like an once from me, i have to do what the doctors say to do for her bc they have her used to eating 2 oz every feeding. So im sorry that i want to be prepared bc her eating is diffrent than a normal babys bc she hasnt been with me at all until now. I had to let someone else care for her since right after she was born bc she couldnt breathe on her own. Id rather have a back up plan, and listen to what her doctor says than to not subsitute when she wont latch and constantly hear her cry bc shes hungry. I may have only been with her 1 night so far and shes not even discharged yet, but its been long enough after 6 feedings to notice that if she doesnt get the full 2 oz they have her used to that she continues to cry bc shes hungry. Right now i cant get her to latch so im having to do what i can for her, and that means subsituting bc pumping im only getting enough to half way fill her up bc shes used to 2 oz of food. This is unfortantly how this happened and turned out. Theres not really anything i can do about it until shes home with me, and even then ill have to see what happens. So yes, im going to have a back up plan in place.

She's all of what? 6 days old?....theres no need to substitute this early. If your actually set on breastfeeding then you need to try hard to get to your goal. Breastfeeding isn't easy from day one. Mine latched like pros BUT....my boobs was BLEEDING and in pain but I did what I had to do bcuz beeastfeeding is what I knew was best for us and eventually the bleeding stopped and everything went smoothly. The beginning is not always the easiest is what I'm trying to say. But if you don't want to breastfeed obviously just put her on formula and be done with it....if you really wana breastfeed ide say when you get home only focus on latching bcuz when people think "their milk hasnt come in" or "their not getting enough" is when they stop or give up or supplement formula and they are the ones that put themselves on that path bcuz they didn't give it enough time. But whatever works for you🤷🏻‍♀️