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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My baby is three weeks old and my "breastfeeding journey" thus far has been so stressful. I've met with a lactation consultant twice and she has me pumping six times a day to increase supply and offering small supplemental bottles of breastmilk after I try to breastfeed. My poor daughter screams while I try to nurse her. I feel so inadequate and whenever I try to look up breastfeeding issues online, I feel worse about myself because the tone of most advice seems so judgmental to anyone who needs to supplement. I have cried over this.

I guess I'm just hoping for some commiseration. I am lonely and feel so bad that I can't provide for my daughter.  [/quote]

I was lot less miserable when I gave up nursing in favor of exclusively pumping. I too feel inadequate and frustrated when trying to nurse and my daughter was just screaming, and biting instead of latching (it felt like biting when she desperately close her mouth on half a nipple ), not to mention the pain in my poor nipples. For exclusively pumping I rented a pump from hospital ( the freebie from the insurance wasn't cutting it) and did some "power pumping". That did the trick. I get enough supply to keep her happy plus the peace of mind of knowing how many ounces she has each day.[/quote]

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