Three weeks ago my sweet girl was born in a planned c-section. I wanted to strictly breastfeed while I was on maternity leave but she had never latched to my breast. The nurses tried in the hospital and I have tried since being home. She will take a couple sucks from the breast and then stop and will have nothing else to do with it. She lost 10 ounces after being born because she wouldn’t latch and wasn’t getting enough so we started supplementing with formula.

Since she won’t latch I have been pumping to feed her and was getting enough to just give her breast milk. However after having only breast milk she seems so much fussier so we started alternating every other bottle between breast milk and formula.

I feel like I spend my day attached to my pump and feel like I’m doing so much more work since she won’t feed from the breast. I also hate that my breast milk seems to be worse for her than the formula. I want to give up on breast feeding and dry up my supply but I have so much guilt when I think about it because I know it is what is best for her.

I’m asking for advice..should I continue to pump and alternate bottles? Anybody have experience with babies being fussy from breast milk? How do I not have mom guilt for not wanting to pump anymore?