How are you feeding your LO?

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Absolutely no judgment, just curious how we're all feeding our babies...due to low supply I've had to supplement with formula from day 3. I had no clue how challenging bf could be! 
(And yes, I have tried nearly everything to up my supply and have been in regular contact with lactation consultants. Supply has increased but still not nearly enough to keep him full and healthy. When it comes down to it, fed is best.)

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Breast milk in bottles.  No formula

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We do formula only as of last week. I had a breast reduction and I tried everything but the little bit I was making wasn't worth my sanity. She got breast milk as long as my body would make it, so about 6 weeks, and it's dried up. She eats emfamil neuropro and she's a fat happy baby

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I breastfeed during the day and supplement one bottle at night due to weight gaining issues!

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Have you tried power pumping? Moringa? I am was exclusively breastfeeding and pumping I'm only supplementing to rebuild my milk stash in the freezer. Have you tried breadt feeding for 20 minutes total and them supplimenting 2oz wither of pumped milk or formula?

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Started supplementing since day 1 due to jaundice and had to continue due to a ton of weight loss. 
Right now we supplement 20ml 4 feedings or so a day. LO is 2w 4d, I stick the formula through a syringe in the nipple shield. 
I’m doing mothers milk, power pumping, lactation cookies, drinking Gatorade, and eating oatmeal everyday. Waiting until she’s nice and chunky to wean off. 
Breastfeeding is the hardest thing I’ve done, hang in there, gets easier at like week 8.......

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I pump and nurse my son and he gets 1-2 bottles of formula at night

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Our baby was in the NICU for a week when she was first born. The room they had us stay in after I was discharged was 5 floors down and on the opposite side of the hospital. I was walking almost 3 miles per day after having a c-section just to feed her. The nurses in the NICU knew I was open to formula and told me that I needed to rest more or my recovery would be so much harder. So we started using formula at night. We have been doing that ever since. I’m now weaning her off breastfeeding because I only wanted to do it for the first two months and spend the last month of my maternity leave making sure I’m all dried up before I go back to work. So we have always supplemented and will be switching to formula only pretty soon. She is a big girl and loves to eat, so I think I would have had to supplement anyway even if she wasn’t in the NICU.

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God I wish I could breastfeed! Sucks when your one wish just didn't come true :(

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I had to triple feed for the first two weeks because she wouldn't latch (tongue and lip ties, torticollis). Did some power pumping as well to get my supply up since we got such a poor start.  Soon after that she was on pumped breast milk exclusively, and I'm happy to say that now she takes it exclusively at the breast! It was a challenging few weeks but totally worth it

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