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Infant feeding issues

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Flaya · 29/08/2021 19:10

My breastfeeding journey was hard from the beginning, I couldn’t feed my baby after birth for at least an hour as I had to go to theatre to have a manual removal of placenta, she also had jaundice and was very sleepy, additionally a tongue tie so she wouldn’t feed effectively and wasn’t gaining any weight. Because of that my milk supply never reached high enough levels so now at 12 weeks I’m really struggling to get on the right tracks but it’s just not working out. I’ve tried everything - I’m pumping every 2 hours, drinking lactation hot chocolate and teas, putting baby on the breast constantly, hired hospital grade pump, considering medicine to increase my milk supply but I don’t think I will ever make enough milk for my baby 😢 we’re toping her up with formula but she cries every time she finished the bottle like she wants some more. I hate the idea of her being hungry, I’m considering moving on to formula 100% but I can’t imagine not breastfeeding her in the morning 😔 I’m also scared of other mums judging me and my baby not getting all the “good stuff”. I think I just want someone to tell me that it’s ok to formula feed which I know ! It’s just the transition that I’m scared off and the fact that my milk will totally dry up…

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