I gave birth to twins 10 days ago, via c-section. My milk came in around day 5.
I've been trying to breast feed both of them, but mixed feeding rather than EBF. I'm hoping to get to the point that for every feed, I can do one baby on the breast and the other via formula, and then swap for the following feed.
At this point, I'm not producing enough milk for a full feed - whichever baby has been on the breast is hungry enough to need 1 to 2 ounces of formula afterwards. So today I tried using a breast pump, both to stimulate my supply and to get an indication of how much I'm producing. I pumped for 10 minutes on each breast, and the result was literally a few drops - not more than about 5ml in total.
Is that all the babies are getting when they feed? Or will I get less through pumping than they will through suckling? Also, is this amount normal at this point, or should I be producing a lot more milk?
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How much breast milk should I be able to express at 10 days post-partum?
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PowerslidePanda · 10/11/2019 21:09
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