Supplementing?

Question

I'm 3 days pp. Baby was 7lbs 1 oz at birth. Now he is 6 lbs 3 oz. At what point should I consider supplementing? I think my milk just came I'm too. I'm a ftm so not confident at breastfeeding yet. The nurses have said that  the baby is healthy. No concerns about his out put. Any advice or suggestions would be helpful.

Answer

Allow the baby to eat ON DEMAND . I promise it works. It will be a hell of a ride, you may feel defeated and feel as if the baby isn't getting enough, but allow the baby to suck on the nipple for asking as he/she needs. This sends a signal to your brain to produce MORE milk. In the first few days itsCRITICAL to wake baby up and make them eat. After labor, babies are so tired they can sleep for long hours,don't allow this.
I woke my baby up every 2hrs at least, to initiate latching/feeding.

You may even experience "cluster feeding" and may feel like the baby is t getting anything at all... trust me, they are getting what they need from you. Just don't give up.

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If baby loses more than 10% of weight, you need to supplement. I'm very pro breastfeeding and didn't want to give my LO any formula. But my milk came in on day 5 and it just wasn't enough, I was trying to nurse and even pump, almost every hour to 2 hours, but it wasn't enough and baby lost over a pound. His pediatrician said to give Similac for Supplementing through a syringe and with baby sucking my finger, instead of bottle. I gave it for 2 weeks in between breastfeeding until baby was up in weight and healthy again. I feel bad that I went that many days and baby was hungry so much.

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It's normal for baby to lose weight right after birth. Continue breastfeeding as often as baby wants and the stimulation will continue to grow your supply. Pumping a couple times a day in addition to bf will also help your supply increase.

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If your milk came in, I wouldn't supplement. It took four days for mine to come in and there was zero mistaking it.

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