Feeding too little?

Question

My newborn is 2 days old, the nurses told me to give her only 10-15ml per feeding every 3 hours but I’m reading 2-3oz should be given which is 59ml. She is constantly showing hunger cues every hour and ends up screaming until I give her another 15ml. Should I be giving her the full 2 oz? I’m at a loss she is constantly freaking out.

Answer

I’m a NICU nurse.  When a baby is born, their stomach is only the size of a cherry. By the second/third day, it becomes about the size of a walnut, which would hold about 15-20ml. 59ml would be way too much and your little one would like spit up from the volume. 
I always show my mommies in the NICU this picture. You can try feeding every 2 hours to see if that helps!

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At 2days old 2-3oz is an obscene amount. Waaayy too much. 
A newborns stomach is the size of a marble and can only hold just about a half an oz until 1ish weeks. 
Cluster feeding will happen. May want to read up on that. And always pace feed with a bottle. Will attach below how. 
Listen to the nurses, they are correct.

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Their stomachs are like the size of a marble. I would go off of what the nurses say. Maybe do the feeding every two hours instead of 3?

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And if you are wanting to breastfeed it’s going to take practice. Just cause she doesn’t latch doesn’t mean she won’t be successful at breastfeeding. It takes practice, for both baby and you. Also it takes on average 3-5 days for milk supply to come in. Before that colostrum is all a newborn needs. No need to put just latch baby.

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Are you BF?

Feeding too little?

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