Hi Fleur

Thanks for your original reply (you too kmn), and thanks for checking up on me!

Getting into more of a routine now, but I'm still paranoid that I'm doing something wrong and will run out of milk too soon.

Expressing 5x per day and getting about a litre per day - seems to be a consistent 200mL at each session. He's drinking 780mL, so I have an ever-increasing freezer supply! I don't know what I'm meant to do with it, and pretty soon I won't be able to fit a loaf of bread in the freezer!

The pain is slowly subsiding - the GP confirmed my suspicions that I have had thrush. Now I'm wondering if I should try to move back to bfeeding since in theory the pain should be less, but I have an extremely happy, settled and long-sleeping baby and I'm really reluctant to risk disturbing that! Maybe I'll try it one day this week during the day - at least if he's unsettled, I can get him back to routine by night-time.

I'm a bit confused about how to combine breast and bottle feeding. I'm worried that if he doesn't empty properly after a feed, then I will slowly drop my supply. Should I be expressing after I feed him?

Thanks again for your encouragement!