Well girLS, I am NOW struggling a little now with this BFing thing. My supply which was drowning her at one stage...now seems to be going the opposite. My late night feeds are becoming an arduious task where she keeps struggling and pulling off the boobie and grunting etc. eventually she falls asleep on the boobie so I pop her to bed...but she then only naps for 20 minutes and starts grunting etc amd this goes on all morning...I am too exhausted to cluster feed at that time of the morning. I could only express 20 mls from both breasts last night, one side she hadnt fed off at all....so i am guessing my supply just isnt building back up for solid nite feeds. She sleeps her best solid sleep after her evening bottle of EBM...a good 4 hours...so I am going to express enough for 2 bottles today - 1 for her bedtime bottle and one for the 2am feed. I have also given her some formula today at 8am to give my supply a chance to build. I know they say the more you feed the better your supply will become at increasing...but it is tiring.
I am also struggling with being attached to the boob all night and day...so I think EMB + formula + boobie will be our feeding structure until I see how I feel.
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