I'm glad to hear that you have made some progress. Did you end up getting in touch with another Lactation Consultant hun?

You have done such a great job to get this far - well done It might take a while to get her onto breast full time, but you are a step closer than you were. I think that this would be easier for you if you worked with a LC as it is a balance between getting her to have as much milk from your breast as possible (and therefore as little as possible from the bottle) and making sure she is getting enough milk. To start with, you can try offering her the breast first at every feed and see how she goes, then give her the rest of the feed (if she needs it) from the bottle. The difficulty is in knowing whether or not she needs the top up and how much, as babies will swallow the milk from a bottle even when they don't need it. Some signs that can help you to know, is the length of the feed at the breast - the part where she is doing the suck-swallow, suck-swallow, and also her behaviour when she stops - if she's settled she might have had enough, if not she might want more. Overall she is getting enough if she has 5 or more heavily wet disposables (6 - 8 very wet cloth nappies) in 24 hours, 2 or more runny or soft poos in 24 hours, is gaining weight and has good skin tone. This is not so helpful while she's still drinking a lot from the bottle but will be useful to know once she's feeding more from the breast.

Best of luck hun. It has been a hard journey for you so far, but I hope you are on the home straight.