Ever had to use formula with newborn cuz breast milk hasn't come in right after birth?

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No, it's a downward spiral. If you supplement with formula, you'll produce less, which makes you supplement with formula, which makes you produce less, and so on and so forth.

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Baby only needs colostrum in the beginning. It's the best thing for them! My milk came in around day 5 and until then she got the colostrum I was producing. Their tummies are soooo tiny it doesn't take much, they just eat often since they can digest quickly.

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>.< I did for a day because I was worried about her wet diaper output. She HATED it and refused to drink it and just screamed the entire day. I had 6oz of colostrum frozen (was told to do it by a close older friend just in case) and she drank that. Luckily my supply dropped like 36 hrs later but because of that now in always paranoid that I'm not making enough.

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The hospital and pediatrician made me supplement for 18 hours, it did not hurt my supply in the slightest, I am an overproducer. Now once that 18 hours was up I did not and do not want to

Ever had to use formula with newborn cuz breast milk hasn't come in right after birth?

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