Help me boost my supply?

Question

Hey mommies!! My son Gray is 9 days old, and for the first week we were only breastfeeding. He was waking every hour to nurse, and even after 2 days of this feeding schedule (thinking my supply would grow to match his needs) I still wasn’t able to make enough to keep him satisfied. I was so exhausted after 48 hours without sleep, I wasn’t even able to shower myself, so daddy took over and bought some formula. I pumped after one of his bottles, and only got 1 ounce per breast. 
Gray has been taking 3 ounces in the bottle now, and I keep feeding on demand during the day and pumping in between at night, but still can’t get more than 1 ounce each!! 
Any ideas to kick my supply into high gear? My poor boy is always hungry if I don’t supplement.

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The more you supplement, the less your body will make. 
I’d put him to breast more often to signal your body to make more (it’s a supply/demand model). 
Pumping gets out less milk than baby so if you have a choice to pump or BF - chose BF.

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Pump after he eats!!! It’s a lot of work but it worked for me in the beginning to get a good milk supply plus you can start freezing the extra you pump. At first you will barely get anything but after a few times your body will produce more. Make sure you drink tons of water too.

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this is what worked for me. I used an electric double breast pump. Pump 30mins after every feed. Power pump once a day. Fenugreek tea/supplements

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Hey Mama, I posted awhile ago about how I made my own SNS, supplemental nursing system, to feed my nephew.
I always recommend as much massage and stimulation as possible and that does include pumping but most importantly putting Gray to your breast.
My youngest is 7 and I nursed him for 2 years. I've been pregnant and lost babies a few times over the years. But, when asked by my sister to care for her son, not knowing I was pregnant, I told her of my discomfort with formula, as he kept getting sick and started losing weight. So, I NEVER used any drugs or hormones to bring back my supply. I instead used FENUGREEK, MILK THISTLE, BREWER'S YEAST and GARLIC.
I also increased my intake of garlic, oatmeal and flaxseed.
I hope this helps. You should try to find the post on my page thingy. It has helped lots of Mom's and adoptive parents, too.

Take care and be well. And congratulations on your baby and your journey to nursing!

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Pump after you nurse. They also make lactation cookies, smoothies, snacks and other things you can eat to help boost your supply. I eat oatmeal everyday and pump after nursing so I always have at least 3 meals in the fridge (in case I get burnt out or too tired to hold my eyes open to nurse so my husband can help feed her). I sometimes try to pump if I feel my milk  let down as well. Check Google or Amazon for lactation snacks- the Sweetie Pie lactation smoothies taste amazing !!!

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are you positive your supply is low? babies that new tend to be on the boob constantly like every 1.5 to 2 hours and sometimes a nursing session can last 45 mins so seriously getting only a 45 min break of no boob. this is how babies get your supply up for you. this will let your body know how much it needs to produce. how much you pump isn't an indicator of your supply. as long as your baby gained weight appropriately at the couple day check up and there's adequate dirty diapers then you're making enough milk. You can mess your supply up by supplementing with formula.

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