I am currently pumping around 16-24oz a day and supliment the remaining with formula for my 3 month old. I pump 7-8 times a day and get 2-4oz total. I don't think my supply is going to increase enough for me to ever build freezer statsh.
We are planning on another child and I wondered if it's possible for supply to increase between kids. Anybody have any experience with this?
FTM here. My daughter is 12 days old and only wants the boob. Even after boobing for close to an hour she was still fussy, rooting, and sucking on her hands. I've been supplementing 2-4oz of formula a day. How do I know the difference between me not making enough to feed her or her just cluster feeding? I'm getting so discouraged and I'm so worried she's not getting enough. Thank you!
Update: got in to see a lactation consultant today. Did a weighted feed and she's barely getting an ounce per feed when she should be getting 2-3oz. We are doing what is called triple feeding now. She already seems so much more relaxed ❤
I need help! I have an EBF almost four week old. Struggled like hell to get him to latch in the beginning, I finally got it down at about two weeks now it seems like he’s not getting enough milk. He has frequent diaper changes, he’s gained his weight back and some so I know he’s getting milk, and I feed frequently on demand. The problem is that if he’s not latched on he’s crying, that’s all he ever wants to do. He won’t take a pacifier either so it’s been a rough couple of days. I want to stay away from formula but the only advice (from family and friends) I get is “just give him a bottle”. I feed him and have started to pump to empty and I do notice I don’t get much out, whether that’s because he’s emptied my breast or I’m just not producing enough I don’t know.
Am I not producing enough? Is it colic? Is he just fussy?
I am not producing enough and am having to supplement. I need help! 😭
Short story: had oversupply for several months, baby is 4.5 months now and I *think* my supply has normalized but I'm concerned that I am underproducing and she isn't getting enough.
Long story: My daughter is 4.5 months old and we have had a challenging but ultimately beautiful and amazing breastfeeding journey. Feeding her is truly the most incredible thing I have done! I was induced at 35 weeks because of growth restriction, and she was in the NICU for 17 days since she was about 4 lbs at birth. I exclusively pumped during that time, and we did not transition to mostly breastfeeding until 6 weeks. I had a huge oversupply. At my highest, I was producing about 50oz a day.
Once we were mostly feeding from the breast, she still got 1-2 bottles a day and I would still pump due to my oversupply. Over time, I was able to pump less - I went from double pumping, to single pumping from the breast she didn't feed on, to not feeling like I had to pump at all. I often still pumped before bed so I could avoid getting engorged, but I cut that out around 3 months. I now only pump when I miss a feeding and she gets a bottle instead.
Over the past month my breasts have gotten really soft and feel empty. I never leak anymore, and my letdown is not nearly as forceful as it was. When I pump (while at work), I produce less milk than I used to, and it takes longer to pump. I also worry that if I pump too much while at work, I don't have enough milk for her when I get home.
Can anybody chime in to ease my anxiety? Are the soft boobs just a sign that things normalized? Should I power pump to increase supply? My baby has stayed on her growth curve very well, but she is still very small and I want to make sure she is getting enough. On the days I work/pump, she takes from the bottle almost exactly the same amount that I produce. But nonetheless, I feel anxious. Having an oversupply was uncomfortable, but there was some security in knowing she always had enough food. I'd love to hear from anybody who had a similar experience.
Thanks :)
Thanks for the help- I’m a FTM with a 6 week old....
So two days ago my baby had been spitting up like crazy after every feeding. I started giving her only one breast at a time to try to help with the oversupply, and I stopped pumping every morning (to have milk stored). Yesterday all feedings went fine and the spitting up decreased a lot. Then at night I noticed my boobs were not nearly as full as usual and she was fussing like crazy during feedings. This happened for 3 feedings in a row and after this last feeding I wound up giving her 2 ounces of stores pumped milk because I didn’t think she had gotten enough - What is happening??! I’m happy that I don’t have oversupply anymore but now I’m scared I messed up my supply completely. What do I do??
My son is 16 months old. We still bf 2 to 3 times a day. I am 11 wreks preggo.
My bf journey with ds was extremely difficult. I had a c section with a small hemorrhage. He lost over 10%, had red crystals. My milk didnt come in until day 7. We did sns with formula, triple feeds, etc. Day 8 I went to er with high bp. Day 10 I went back and was readmitted for postpartum pre e. He had mostly formula from day 4 on.
DS had a shallow latch and lazy suck, as well as was a very sleepy feeder. In spite of pumping and triple feeds I only ever transferred 0.6 oz at weighed feeds and pumped less than 6 oz a day.
I triple fed consistently for about a month then pumped 4 to 6 times a day and did what I could thereafter.
Around month 4 I really worked on his latch and saw a small increase at the pump from 4 oz to 6 oz a day.
I am eligible for a vbac, and will tolac....but looking at the statistics I only have a 40% chance with my history and stats.
I want to bf my second and understand that STMs have a good chance of making more. Is there anything I can do during pregnancy to give myself a bettwr ahot at ebf or even a better supply?
Hey all of you gorgeous mamas!
I am pregnant with my second child. I want to exclusively breastfeed but am so scared that I have a legit undersupply.
With my first, we breastfed exclusively, around the clock, on demand. She was never a good sleeper, and at her six month check up was underweight. The mom guilt was intense. We started supplementing and she gained back her weight. She is two now, healthy, happy, and still on the boob!
During my first pregnancy, one breast seemed to develop more than the other. It’s like only one side has much of a supply at all..
With my second kiddo, I’m scared that they will be legitimately hungry and underweight even as I do everything I can to breastfeed. I know supplementing can make supply worse, but it would put my mind at ease that baby is fed.
Is there anything I can do to fight undersupply and keep my sanity??
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I'm using a custom amplifier that is powered by +15/-15V using a switch mode lab supply, but the noise from the power source is significant. What is the implication of using 2x12V batteries instead?
I dummied it up today with the lab supply and a sinusiod from a function generator and there's a dc offset introduced but amplification seems to be 100 at 12V and 15V. Should I add some AA batteries in series to the positive and negative leg to make 15V? Go with plus-minus 12V, or do you have suggestions for cleaning up the lab supply power?
I'm reading through the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, the doctrine of lapse, the details on princely states and each war (multiple sources). Saul David's The Indian Mutiny seems to imply more than 30-40 battles going the British way because of British grit and superiority of British guns. Battles often ended with Indian rebels fleeing and British cavalry "mopping up". I recognise SD is overreliant on British sources for his book, but the battles seem overly one sided against overwhelming odds of numbers of motivation.
With the rebels having British training, what prevented them from matching up on either account - guns or discipline?
I've noticed a lot of people saying that there's very few CS grads, which is why the job market for them is so plentiful, but I've also heard people saying that there's also saturation in varying fields, and even some saying that CS grads aren't able to find jobs.
Now I'm probably overgeneralizing and mincing facts, but I highly doubt that there's an oversaturation of the field, and it seems strange that some people are unable to find jobs (considering the massiveness of the field), so is it really true that there aren't a lot of CS grads?
My little one is 6 weeks old and for the last few nights he seems hungry 5 min after eating. I normally put him back to my breast and he will eat again and then sometimes take a 1oz bottle of expressed milk after that. I pump every morning after his first feed and normally get between 6-8oz. Is it possible for my supply to drop that much in the evenings? Or could this just be him wanting to cluster feed for a growth spurt? He has been more fussy at night as well.
I'm having supply issues feeding my LO who was born at 34+5. BFed in NICU every three hours for her week there and have been feeding on demand since her discharge. Still she's getting about 4-6 ounces (1-2 feeds) per day of supplement whether formula or frozen human donor milk (I'm very lucky to have been gifted from a weaning mom.) She feeds 12-18 times a day. 13-15 is her norm. (About every 90 minutes-2hrs.)
My letdown seems strong as she has all the signs listed on kellymom of it. (Popping off, tremendously gassy, gulping quickly at start of feeds, constant copious spit up even after burping) and nevertheless she seems frequently dissatisfied after feeds. I know one never really runs dry, but there are times where I literally can't even hand express more milk at all. And often it's more drops.
She was nursing about 15 minutes on each side and recently she's shortened that to 8-12 and sort of "snacking." She is 2 months, 1 week old now, but her adjusted (gestational or corrected) age is 1 month.
I'm on day 3 of legendairy milk pump princess supplement. No noticeable increase so far. Also bought lechita and liquid gold but haven't tried them yet. I can't take fenugreek because it interacts with thyroid medication. I'm taking two antidepressants (wellbutrin & effexor) do they cause supply issues? Can't find any info on that. (I also can't stop them or switch. But would be good to know if they are causing issues.) Everyone was on me about my caloric intake. So I've upped to the point I've gained back ten pounds baby weight. I get 60-100+ ounces water daily depending on how rigorous I am.
I'm not sure exactly what I'm asking... just wondering how to ease the amount of gas and spitup this poor child is always battling, and what if anything I can do to increase supply. Reflux requires me holding her upright for 30 minutes after each feed so this is what happens:
15 minutes breast 1 15 minutes breast 2 15 minutes fussy time/pauses/repositioning/burping during feed 30 minutes upright time Now we are at 1 hr 15 minutes. If I try to pump that last 15 minutes (assuming I can even get her down) I'm practically empty when she's hungry again, and I end up giving her the just-pumped milk.
Between feeds I often feel faint shooting pains in my breasts as though it has to do with the refilling of milk. My letdown is painful/uncomfortable but less so than at the beginning. I don't know if I've ever had multiple letdowns while BFing. Definitely not whil
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