My dd is 5 weeks old and after weight loss of 15% of birth weight on day 5 and many tears I have been expressing four hourly and topping up with a mixture of ebm and formula of 30ml every four hours, after advice from the midwife. My dd is now gaining weight (slowly but steadily) and I am extremely tired of expressing and topping up. I think I'm developing repetitive strain injury in my wrist from the pumping!
Is it ok just to stop and exclusively breast feed? Or how do I wean her off? Expressing has never been easy - I generally got half to one ounce each time, and never felt milk let-down while expressing. I also found it quite uncomfortable.
Any advice gratefully received!