My baby will be exactly 1 month old tomorrow and I've come to the sad realization that my milk supply is officially depleting. I'm a first time mom and I feel like a failure at this whole breastfeeding/ pumping thing. I'm not sure what I did wrong but within a few days after baby was born I tried breastfeeding but I felt like she just wasn't getting enough milk and sure enough, her pediatrician said she had lost a whole pound in just that 1 week she was born. So the pediatrician recommended supplementing. I tried pumping milk at least 4-5 times a day and some days I could get 1oz, 2oz if I was lucky. Today I barely got enough worth saving, not even close to an ounce. Ready to cry, I looked at my husband and said I can't do this anymore. (I had actually said this a week ago but today I meant it.) I poured the little amount of milk I got down the drain, cleaned all the pumping parts and fought back my tears as I packed all the parts back into the bag and stashed them away for good. I didn't expect for this to have such a big affect on me emotionally but it has. 🙈