Trish pumping will increase your milk and not steal it from the next feed. The first few days you might feel a bit emptier because you're emptying with the pump, but after that your boobs will catch on and do their thing. Just freeze the EBM for now. If you DO end up giving it from a spoon or cup or supply line (i love how i was typing my response while FJ was offering you the equipment i was talking about LOL!) you'll have a good supply already. I totally understand about the bottles hun, i was only asking because some folk give bottle EBM later on, and some avoid anything non-boobie altogether. Didn't want to give you a detailed top-up-with-EBM-bottles post when you don't wish to use bottles

Your doctor sounds like a d*ck. How many babies has he breastfed? How interested is he in keeping Abbey on the breast? He sounds like he wants to stick a plaster over this with his motillium/starvation talk. At the moment you are more motivated than him - how can a man who is paid to see her care as much as you do about Abbey and her health? You are NOT starving her, you are doing everything possible to get her eating the best food possible. Take the advice of his you want and ignore the things your heart (or breasts) tell you is bunk. He is a resource, use him as such. He is not a counsellor, a LC or a mother.

If i were you i would keep the script but try between this appointment and the next one to increase your milk with frequent feeds, pumping, and keeping your thirst satisfied (remembering to drink was something i found quite hard). For the majority of people there will be no side-effects but for some there will be. Motillium is a wonderful boost for women who NEED it and i'm not convinced you do - it increases prolactin, and prolactin levels are still very high this soon after birth. Your baby is feeding less and you are making less - that sounds like your boobies work perfectly to me, that's *exactly* what they're supposed to do. Tell them you need more milk and you#ll get more milk.

Bx