Hi Emmjay,

I had the same issue with DS1, however, he got to the point where he didn't stay on for b/feeds b.c the bottle feeds were 'easier'. For him, not me I never got much from expressing either and having to do combo feeds is exhausting. Motilium increased my milk, but I don't think you're meant to stay on it for long and my issue was that he didn't stay on long enough to create the demand himself. There's also a smelly herb called Fenugreek from the health food store that you can take to increase your milk. You need to take a few/day and they're not the best smelling things. Make sure that you're also eating and drinking lots.

With DS2, he was born a whopping 4.7kg (a chubby face, full of fluid for being in so long!) and I couldn't be bothered doing it all over again, so I just put him on the boob and he dropped down the percentiles. He fed, slept well and did put on weight, just not enough to keep him in the 90%. He's now in the 10-25% and is fine. A paed I saw said that some babies have a catch up and some have a catch down and not all heavy bubs at birth will continue to be big. He never put on the recommended amount/per week and I think being a second child, the MCHN didn't give me as much grief, cos you know, I'd already churned out one kid who turned out normal

I was also going to suggest just putting DD on as many times as needed, which will increase your supply at the same time. We did this when we got home from hospy with DD in May as she had lost too much weight. At the moment, all the kids are sick and DD isn't sleeping that well, We're doing feed,play, feed, sleep routine. She's mega fussy in the late afternoon/early evening and even though I feel empty, she must be getting something from the several boob feeds at that time.