Hi all,
My son is 4.5 weeks old and EBF. He seems to be gaining weight fine based on HV checks.
In the early days we really struggled with his latch, so for the first couple of weeks I was pumping quite a lot and he was having top ups from a bottle. My supply was really generous at that time - I would easily get 120 mls from one breast in just a few minutes of pumping.
After a while my son’s latch improved, he stopped needing bottles, and I stopped pumping. He now feeds exclusively from the breast and I haven’t pumped for a couple of weeks. However, I wanted to start up again because I need to have my gallbladder removed in the next few weeks and I want to have a supply of expressed breast milk for the operation. I’ve just pumped for the first time in a couple of weeks and my supply is so much worse. It took me 20 minutes to get 60 mls, from both breasts.
Does this mean my supply has diminished? Should I be pumping more often to build it back up? Or do I not need to worry because my son is latching fine and gaining weight? I’m just concerned that I seem to have so much less milk than I did a couple of weeks ago.