DD is 9wks old and we've had lots of concern over her weight gain, advised to top up, blah blah long story...I also had very painful nipples caused by poor P&A...
anyway due to all of the above problems I've had loads of bf-ing help. The advisor at the hospital put me on domperidone, although she and the advisor from the BFN both agreed they didn't think my supply was an issue. However I really feel like i am not producing enough for various reasons:
- dd's poor weight gain
- i can only pump 2oz MAX
- boobs only ever seem full 1st thing in the morning when dd has slept 5/6hrs
- i NEVER feel let down, no idea when milk is flowing or not, and never leak
- friends tell tales of jets of milk flying out etc...i get nothing at all, even when i try to hand express
dd fed every 2 hrs or so for the 1st few weeks...i am now feeding her no less than every 3hrs in the day, and she's currently sleeping 12- 6ish after cluster feeding from 5pm...anyway, point being i think i feed her enough to stimulate/build supply?
but her poor weight gain especially makes me think she's not getting enough. she takes an hour to feed, takes both sides. she often falls asleep or gets fussy at the breast, which makes me think she's fed up with not getting enough.
is there any way of assessing/confirming that i have enough milk?