Considering using formula - thoughts?

Julia

Ultimately I know its - do what is is best for me and my baby’s situation - could just really use some actual opinions.

Baby is two weeks old and only gained half of his birth weight back. They suggested using formula after feeds or breast milk if i have any stored.

I could just try a lot harder maybe supplements to get my breast milk up so i could pump more and have plenty to bottle feed him after feeds... i just don’t know if i want to.

Baby latches fine and eats good. Hardly any pain for me. Its just so time consuming and mentally stressful to know if he is getting enough. My main problem is he doesn’t unlatch himself. He pacifies there and so i have to take him off after 15-20 min if he isn’t swallowing much any more....

We aren’t sit at home people. We are always out and about and on the go. And ill be going back to work in 4-5 weeks... and I’m really contemplating using formula because its sooo much less stressful and time consuming. Especially because we are hardly ever at home which leads me to breast feeding in the car a lot. And we aren’t even taking him out that much because he is so young but in the next few weeks we will be and it might be even harder to find the time...

But i could - so i just don’t know if i should be trying harder and dealing with the inconveniences of only breast feeding or allow myself to use formula - or will making sure to still have milk supply be just as stressful because i still want to breast feed whenever i can... just not rely on it or risk my supply going down... idk what to do?