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confused about milk supply again!

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kittypower · 14/11/2007 16:45

DS is now 14 weeks and BF is still just as confusing to me - I thought your boobs settled down into a routine and produced enough to satisfy your baby - well this isn;t happening with me. I seem to go from having enough to nothing back to enough and back to nothing every few days. I am eating well getting rest and BF DS the whole time to try and encourage milk supply but just when it looks like he is getting enough and satisfied the next day he seems to be wanting to feed about every hour and not seeming to get very much at all - even if he sucks for ages. I have expressed on a day when I think he has got enough and get about 150 mls and have then expressed on a day when I don't think he seems satisfied (today) and only got about 40mls - He isn't putting on much weight each week either....What am I doing wrong here???
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tiktok · 14/11/2007 17:17

kitty power, you are doing nothing wrong, except maybe worrying about something that does not need to be worried about

It is normal for babies' appetites and time at the breast to differ in the way you describe.

It is normal - especially for bf babies - for weight gain to slow down/plateau at about 3 mths on.

It is normal for expressing 'performance' to differ, and what you get out does not reflect the overall level of supply.

If you post with more details about weight and health, then I'll try to help more

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