Am I screwing up my supply?
I'm a little over anxious about breastfeeding because my first I struggled and she lost a lot of weight from undiagnosed silent reflux between 2-4 months. We ended up supplementing a lot from 3 months on and I stopped breastfeeding at 6 months.
I have had no supply issues this time, breasts are almost constantly engorged, leaking, sore, and miserable 😅 She is well fed and after having dropped 9.8% of her birth weight (7lbs 3oz and dropped to 6lbs 7oz) in the first 3 days, at 7 days old she had surpassed her birth weight by a few ounces (7lbs 6oz) so I am so thrilled 😂😅
However if I dont pump in the middle of the afternoon (1pm-4pm or so) my breasts ACHE. I pump and have been getting 6oz between both breasts even if my babe just ate. I always feed her first, then pump, and dont completely empty my breast and she can still finish a meal if she gets hungry afterwards.
I'm not planning on giving her a bottle until she is at least 4-6 weeks old, and maybe not even then... but will I end up with an over supply and constantly hurting or will it still even out with time? 😅 I have 30 or so oz of milk in the freezer currently and am not going back to work until the end of August. I just haven't had a choice not to pump because of the pain.
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