Should I try to relactate?

Please be gentle, as I’ve already been beating myself up about this and have shed a lot of tears…

My son is 3.5 weeks old and we started exclusively BF but I was supplementing less than an oz after some feedings. He would nurse for an hour and still scream and act hungry. I would latch as much as he wanted but it didn’t seem that I was producing much as he just never seemed content. I got overwhelmed and felt like I was starving him and also not giving my older children enough attention and made the switch to formula and have not nursed him since last Wednesday.

He’s my third child and I’ve never successfully breastfed so I just really feel clueless, I also didn’t try very hard with my first two. I feel guilty for giving up so soon. He’s my last baby and it makes me sad to miss out on breastfeeding…

Should I try to relactate or am I just overly hormonal? If I try, how would I start? How do I know if he’s getting enough and how much to supplement? I am still able to get a drop out if I hand express, but my breasts definitely feel empty at this point.

***since posting this I’ve decided to give it a shot and I’ve nursed 4 times this evening (and pumped twice). My right breast is already in a lot of pain, I was experiencing this last week also but it stopped when I stopped nursing. The pain is constant not just when nursing and is throughout my entire breast. Any ideas what that could be?