My baby is 8 days old. Had skin-to-skin with her immediately after ELCS (and my husband had her on his chest as soon as she was cleaned), colostrum appeared within the first hour, breastfed in hospital all the time. Milk started coming in on day 4 but in small quantities. Never had the much-described engorgement. On day 5 DD got jaundiced and visiting midwife recommended using formula in addition to b/f. We used the bottle for a day and then switched to using a syringe instead. DD is ok now, less jaundiced and stopped losing weight. Two days ago the NCT b/f class counselor came to help me improve the latch. She suggested b/feeding and pumping afterwards - doing this combo every 3 hrs, which I am folllowing. My diet is good, I am getting LOTS of help from my DH and my mum. I was hoping to produce more milk but after DD nurses for about 15' on each breast I get between 3-6ml of milk with the pump (hired industrial Ardo pump). After nursing my DD still has appetite for 30ml of formula, which makes me think I produce tiny amounts only. Has anyone had this before and managed to get their milk supply to a required level. what else can I do to improve the supply? I alternate between being optimistic (thanks to my DH's support) and feeling guilty (unjustified, I know).
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Not enough milk - what else can I do? want to b/f exclusively
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osaenlondres · 23/09/2012 08:45
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