I have a 8 day old newborn. He is great, but unfortunatly I dont think he could be getting enough milk from my boobs. I want to breastfeed for as long as possible though. I have tried expressing and hardly anything comes out when I do and I express at least every 2-3 hours throughout the day and night. He latches on the boob great but only sucks for maybe 5 mins each boob until he pulls off and i try latching him back on but doesnt want a bar of it. He then falls asleep but wakes up every half an hour to 45 mins cause he is hungry. The midwife told me a few days ago, that if he is hungry then give him as much BF as possible and maybe give him FF just to top him up. I have been giving him 1-2 bottles of FF each day/night just to get him through so he isnt starving.

Im now at the point where I need to make my mind up if I should change to FF or keep going with BF? Is it ok to BF and FF (only 1-2 bottles throghout the day/night)? Will this make him sick? Do I change to FF all the time, just so I know he is feeding well? I seriously don't know what to do. Any Ideas? Also can anyone tell me if BF and FF is bad for him? At the moment I have been BF him throughout the day even if he does wake up every half an hour to an hour for a feed but giving him 2 bottles of FF at night which gets him through.

Thanks