Hear how this new mom powered through a constant cycle of nursing, pumping and bottle-feeding after her newborn wasn’t getting enough milk at the breast.
I had an easy pregnancy. I know I’m not supposed to say that out loud, just like I’m not supposed to tell you my baby is a great sleeper. But he is , and I did. I did not, however, have an easy—or traditionally successful—breastfeeding experience.
They weren’t sure why he wasn’t transferring milk from me. Maybe it was him and maybe it was me . It was likely a bit of both. And when it comes to low milk supply, there’s often no clear cause. It could be diet, but my diet was well-balanced ; it could be hormonal, but the blood work I requested came back normal. Regardless of the reason, I was told I had to figure out a way to feed my baby, and attempt to “get my supply up.
Many of my friends couldn’t understand why I didn’t give up. “You get so little when you’re pumping, why bother?” “Just nurse him and give him all formula in his bottles!” These statements made sense. But I wasn’t ready to give up. I kept thinking that at some point his nursing would improve, or my supply would improve, and we’d just be able to nurse as I had imagined. That never fully happened. But throughout the course of our journey, I learned some things that made it easier.
I religiously tracked the precise number of milliliters I pumped for the first six months of my baby’s life, first by hand, then with an app. If I had a low day, I got sad. If I missed a pump, I felt guilty. I eventually realized that none of this was good for my mental wellbeing, and decided it didn’t actually matter how much I was pumping. I filled the bottles I could with my milk, and made formula for the ones I couldn’t.
Through attending breastfeeding support groups, I also realized that many people “combo” feed. This was also news to me, knowing nothing about the topic before becoming a mother. I’ve met many moms who were perfectly able to exclusively breastfeed their babies while they were home with them or on the weekends, but were unable to pump enough to fill the bottles their babies needed while at daycare.
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