All of Mrs S's advice is fantastic - but I reckon I'd put the ABA up at number 1!

It is something positive you can do, right now. Call - NOW - and speak with a trained counsellor.

Get them to find a local lactation consultant who can come around and spend some time with you and make sure everything is right - attachment, positioning, etc.

It'll be amazing just to talk to someone, IRL, who understand.

Please please please do not give up. Persist - as long as you can. It sounds like you are getting there, it is just getting frustrating.

Don't put her on a schedule just yet, just feed her whenever she wants it - you'll find, like Mrs S said, that the more she demands, the more you will produce.

Stop expressing, maybe for a week or two? And just demand feed. I could never get as much expressing as my DD needed for a feed - so this is NOT a realistic representation of how much she is getting when she breast feeds.

I love the idea of spending a whole day in bed. Just enjoy being together, stare at her beautiful face, look into her gorgeous eyes, think about your pregnancy and birth... the more loved up you feel, the more good hormones you will produce and whoooo your milk supply should start increasing!

Also - the water thing - drink lots and lots of water! I found if I had a big 750mL bottle everywhere around the house where I fed, I could grab it and guzzle - I'd empty a bottle while I was feeding. Water and hydration makes a big difference.

Something else to think about - don't get too hung up on the numbers and weight gain. I know the the maternal and child health nurses can get really stressed about weight gains and losses, but try not to think about it. Think about all your good, healthy mumma's milk flowing into your little DD's body and helping her grow.

You are producing exactly what she needs (content of the milk I mean), whereas the formula is just formula.

Try and be confident in your body... "I can do this, I can do this".

Big hugs. Let us know how its going!!!