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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want to increase your supply, I would suggest nursing for 20 minutes and then hand the baby over to partner/family member who can give baby a bottle of formula. While that is happening, pump for 5-10 minutes. If you get any milk, give that to baby after next session. As you pump more milk, you can reduce the amount of formula (if you're interested in moving off the formula eventually).

Do this as many times as you can over the next couple of days. Bring the baby back on Thursday or Friday to get weighed.

I know it's really stressful, but try not to worry. My daughter lost more than the 10% of birth weight when we went for a one week check-up. Within a couple of days of this "triple feeding" she was gaining a lot and I was making enough milk for the neighborhood.

And if you're not interested in increasing your supply or trying to continue nursing, that's fine. I'm the biggest proponent of breastfeeding, but I'm a bigger proponent of fed babies and stress-free moms. [/quote]

OP here. I’m fine with supplementing but I would like to breastfeed if possible. The LC recommended against pumping after very feed because I will become stressed. She said to pump 4-5 time a day ( about half the feeds) for 10-20 minutes. [/quote]

I’m the poster you’re responding to. The suggestion to pump after nursing was given to me by my LC. She said to do it as much as possible to trick the body into making more milk. I went all in and did it (pumped for 10 min after nursing for 20 min) in a 36 hour period. And then I stopped. By then the baby got weighed again and was gaining. And I went from pumping drops of milk to pumping 5 oz AFTER nursing in that 36-hour period. We were able to quickly phase out the formula and the pumping.

If it’s too stressful to pump after every feeding, don’t do it. Stick with every other feeding. What’s important is to make a plan that you’re going all in for a certain number of days and then reassess. Tell spouse. If you have help from a family member or friend, take it. Let them do laundry and make meals. You just focus on sleeping, feeding baby, and feeding yourself. That’s it.

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