I know that this has been done before, but usually it's someone with a bit of a younger baby, so please just humour me asking this again!!!
My DD is 12 weeks old and I have had supply problems right from the off. I offer the breast at each feed and it's empty after about 5 mins - and if I feed for that long in the morning there's nothing for the next feed. So she gets formula - she lost a scary amount of weight when she was very little so please don't judge... And yes, I went down the whole expressing 8 times a day (including through the night) route too but could not physically do that as well as look after DD when DH went back to work when she was three weeks.
I keep reading about a supplements - have I left it too late for that? A paediatrician at the hospital told us I could take something but a breastfeeding midwife, who made me feel like a bad mother for giving formula (at the advice of three doctors - DD was really quite ill) said there wasn't.
Can anyone help? I'd still love to be able to bf more than I am!!!
Thanks in advance
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mincepies · 01/01/2008 14:30
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