I need advice my boobs arent producing enough milk and I have been drinking water and eating the calories I need to eat and im still only producing about 2 ounces and thats in between both boobs and my babies pediatrician says that my baby needs atleast 4 ounces sense she is a month old now so is it okay to introduce formula ever once in a while when she isn't getting enough milk from my boobs if she is still hungary I dont want her to starve and I know she isnt getting enough milk because even after I fed her she will still show signs that she is hungary so any advice would be great.
@mckallalynn.. well she keeps loosing a few ounces
Take the fenugreek vitamins. I have the same problem.
@stellagorski1992 our lactation consultant told us as long as the baby is gaining weight and not losing any your producing enough
@lydia09876 thank you im gonna call her dr in the morning and see what I can do I know her weigjt went up then when we took her back it went down a few ounces
@mckallalynn.. well im hoping I can figure something out
@mckallalynn.. I eat oatmeal conataly and I have been drinking milk tea and still nothing its like my body doesn't wanna produce milk my lactation consaltant thinks my body is just not wanting to produce because its still healing from the c-cection I had
@ilovemykids97 I tried power pumping I couldnt do it because I would be trying to pump and I would get interupted or I would have to get off the pump during the 20 minutes and take care of my oldest daughter and lately my 1month old knows when im pumping and she will literly start to cry
@stellagorski1992 no problem. I wanted to stop multiple times but I had people to encourage me and tell me that these hard times will pass.
@mckallalynn.. thank you hopefully I dont have to stop breastfeeding
Also oatmeal is great to help with supply if that is an issue! Also mother's milk tea.
My baby wouldn't take any formula. She hated it all and she definitely tasted the difference. There's a huge taste difference in breast milk and formula. Just power pump to produce more. Pump for 20 minutes and then take a 30 minute break. Do that for 4 hours then take a 4 hour break and do it again. It made me go from 2 oz to 8 oz in 2 days.
@stellagorski1992 my son went through this and it wasn't because I wasn't making enough milk but because he was to comfort suck, and or cluster feed from 6weeks old til 10 weeks old I couldnt get him off my boobs because of the cluster feeding rhen him wanting to "suckle" at night. It could be this? From those two things it literally drains your boobs. Once we got over this I was able to store 118oz of breastmilk within a month. Good luck!
@lydia09876 do you have any suggestions on the best formula thats close to breastmilk
@mckallalynn.. she will feed every 10 minutes thats how I know she isnt getting enough and every time she latches on the boob she will start to cry while she is on the boob like she isnt getting enough and thats every hours and she will latch on like 7 times before she just stopes and starts to cry
@stellagorski1992, I don’t think she will know the diff
@lydia09876 thats what I was thinking because I dont wanna give up breastfeeding but I also dont wanna her to go hungary so I thought if its a time that she doesnt get enough breast milk to make her about two ounce bottle of formula after breastfeeding her a bit or give her formula then try to pump my boobs and freeze the breastmilk but I dont wanna give her to much formula where she dont want the breastmilk
How often is she eating. Usually they only need an ounce to ounce and a half per hour
I would think it will be ok just keep pumping so your milk don’t dry up
Do you guys know any tips or any types of food i need to eat to produces more milk for my baby?😭
Could the fact that I only eat two meals a day, everyday be the reason why I'm not producing enough breastmilk ? I need to give my baby formula after feedings because she's still hungry 😔😩 The most I can pump now is 3 oz total & she drinks 4-5oz now..
My boobs are still the same size , haven't had No leaking. I dont think I'm producing milk😫😫 I wanted to breastfeed so bad!!!
I need help 😞 I'm breast feeding & I pump with a manual pump every other day or so just to see if I'm producing enough milk & all I get is a little over 2 ounces D; . My baby is a week & 5 days old at first it was enough but I can tell she needs more & more & my body isn't cooperating what should I do ?
33 weeks and my boobs haven't really hurt at all, leaked, gotten hard or anything. does that mean I'm not going to produce enough milk for my baby's needs??
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