DD is my second baby and is 8 weeks old. She was ebf for 6 weeks. I fed through intense pain including an infection on the montgomery gland (v nasty! don't google images!!) and have really persevered. I have always had mixed feeding in my sights, mainly as have a v active 2 year old and settling down for 45 min feeds several times a day is no longer v feasible. A few feeds a day when he is napping or watching cbeebies is fine but out and about in the mornings is really not working.
So ... we introduced a night time bottle at 6 weeks to give me some rest (she was feeding as much as every 2 hrs in day plus cluster feeding). Then 10 days later an 11 a.m. bottle. Excellent. Except then she went on a feeding frenzy 3 days later. The next day she was totally calm and dropped a couple of feeds. I still gave the 2 bottles as I didnt know what was going on and I became v engorged. She drained it off but it was even worse the next day and I thought I had mastitis as my breast was throbbing. It subsided then the other side gave me intense pain of the nipple - still dont know what this was. I am sore, have that residual bruised feeling after engorgement and I have gone back to just one bottle as I didn't want to risk the engorgement. I would love to go back to the 2 bottles a day but am scared! I followed all the advice on kellymom - heat, rest, draining, massage etc etc The only thing I didnt try to relieve the pain was expressing. I don;t like it and I don't usually get more than a drop but in hindsight should I have tried it ?
Can I mixed feed without losing my supply? She still feeds 9 times a day plus a bottle and is putting on 2-3 oz a week. Can I get this to work? I need to for my sanity! Please help!