I had dd six weeks prematurely and she's three weeks old today.
I tried breast feeding but for various reasons I had to stop - dd actually latched very well though. I've been expressing and bottle feeding since but now I'm getting less and less milk. I expressed for my son for nearly five months but I think the stress and exhaustion of an extended hospital stay and a prem baby plus not eating anything and losing a lot of weight through anxiety probably hasn't helped.
I really want to boost my milk supply. Any ideas? Is it too late? I'm expressing three hourly and I'm absolutely shattered as it is. I feel very sad about the failure to breast feed but then I feel very sad about pretty much anything to do with dd at the moment. I feel I've given her a really crappy start all round and I keep waiting for her to be really ill again like she was when she was born.
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Expressing - only three weeks in and less milk
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Givinguph0pe · 14/01/2016 20:45
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