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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks so much everyone, these responses were really helpful.

I think one of the things that’s hard about nursing is the extremes are well represented (“whatever, just give some formula” and “do whatever you can to breastfeed even if it costs you your sanity!!”) and when you’re sorta in between, it can be really hard to chart a path. I felt really alone (and hormonal, which doesn’t help).

Well, my husband made a great suggestion - we got on the phone with his sister, who EBF her three kids, not without challenges, and is a family doctor. The first thing she asked me was “how important is breastfeeding to you, on a scale from 1-10?” I said 7 and that response shaped our whole conversation. She had great suggestions and perspectives, and she would say things like, “yeah, you could do that, but that’s like more if you’re a 9 or a 10.” It was exactly the conversation I needed, and I feel so much better.

Anyway, we’re triple feeding after every other feed, and the ones in between just nursing. It means pumping 4-5 times a day, for the short term, which seems manageable, and I’m getting enough from pumping to use for supplementing about half the time. So, she’s getting lots of additional calories, but only needs formula about twice a day. Hopefully, this will get her weight up and increase my supply over the next week or two. If it seems like it’s going on longer than that, we’ll reevaluate - I’m not willing to do this much pumping indefinitely.

Thanks so much for all the encouragement and positive stories!

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