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Breastfeeding - restarting advice

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mn999 · 13/08/2022 20:57

Hi,

So i started breastfeeding my newborn but had issues due to latch. She had tongue tie release after a couple of weeks and I tried again. She didn’t seem to be getting much milk and j panicked about low supply and she wasn’t having wet nappies. She’s now one month and I pretty much moved over to formula apart from the odd breastfeed which appears more for comfort. A little milk comes out when I hand express. I am thinking about trying to breastfeed more (not exclusively) but worried it’s too late because I hadn’t established a supply over the first month. With my last baby last year I had an incredibly low supply too although I tried everything to boost it. Could it be that this is the same this time round too? I don’t really have time to pump with my 18 month old, and lots of times it’s just me and the kids so I thought bottle feeding would be easier at times. So this is just to boost my supply so I can combi feed more efficiently. At the moment I breastfeed for 20 minutes plus and she screams with hunger at the end still and has dry nappies still. Any advice welcome!

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