feeling frustrated.. not producing enough milk
Well my baby is 6 days old today.
I wanted to exclusively breastfeed.. but my milk hasn't really come in yet. I have some but the amount that he is eating he dries me up fast!
On day 3 he only had one wet diaper in 24 hours so the nurses (that helped me during delivery) told me to supplement.
Well each time I supplement he eats between 30-60 ml.
I feel like I failed! I am beyond frustrated and sad that I have to supplement.
I have a nurse coming tomorrow to check out my situation and come for a home visit. She had told me on the phone to reduce how much I am supplementing.. She said max 30 ml a feeding
My question is if your baby was hungry still after eating would you supplement them until they stopped crying and looking for food? I tried to only give him 30 ml but he cried and cried and I gave in.
I feel like if he is hungry I feed him!
Do I listen to my mommy instincts or listen to this nurse? Who honestly has no idea how much milk I have..
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