I'm posting another thread, sorry!

This is about my supply, my 5 week old has had thrush for the past nearly 2 weeks (that i know of) and as a result has been refusing the breast during the day, but feeding quite well at night (every 3 hours)... however the past 2 nights he did a 6 hour stretch between feeds, which i am not complaining about, but combined with not feeding during the day, i feel he is hungry and too sore to feed, plus now when i attach him i feel my supply has diminished as he keeps cracking it and coming off the breast - whether this is due to not enough milk, or the sore mouth because of thrush i am unsure.... my breasts feel soft, not firm like they used to before all of this started...

out of desperation i gave him expressed breast milk today, i managed to get one lot of 90mls, he drank every drop.... i tried several hours later to express again and only got 30mls (my supply is dropping right), so i topped it up with formula, he drank it, then several hours later again i expressed and got practically nothing, so i made him formula and he drank 60mls... he has never drank much more formula than this amount, its like he gets his hunger satisifed briefly then loses interest/falls asleep...

i don't know what to do, he won't feed on my breasts during the day because of the thrush, but i don't want him to get too used to having milk in a bottle, in case he then rejects me during the night.... i am so over the thrush and other problems i am having i am tempted just to put him on formula as it would be easier in the long run and i would be able to get some rest/help from others.

sorry a garbled post... just not sure what to do.