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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Why are you pumping so much, OP? I would pump twice at work, and baby would drink that the next day and usually a bottle of formula too.

I never pumped outside work, I bf and would occasionally feed a formula bottle. I'd say my babies were about 75-80% bf and the rest ff. I nursed them past a year (gave up the work pumps around 7-8 months). It just sounds like a lot of extra work pumping so much.[/quote]

Oops, I'm tired tonight and missed that OP is pumping not nursing. OP, do you know why baby isn't nursing well at the breast? Sounds like your supply is good, has baby's latch been checked and also checked for tounge tie?[/quote]

OP here. He turned 5 weeks old. We tried everything - multiple lactation visits, devices for inverted/flat nipples, different positions, etc., and he never got the hang of it. I also have a slow letdown and this made him angry. I finally gave up at 4 weeks and have been pumping for a week.

I pump 8 times a day because that seems to be the standard. He eats every 2.5-3 hours 8-10 times a day so I pump every 3 hours.

My question wasn’t about latching though. It was about whether pumped milk has the same it’s nursing or if I should just formula feed. [/quote]

I had 8 visits to lc, slow let down, tried, nipple shields, triple feeding, etc...and about week 5.5 baby figured it out.   The lc told us to continue 1 pumped bottle  a day so she doesn't begin to refuse the bottle but otherwise she's now fully nursing ( currently 6.5 weeks).. I think her getting bigger helped.  It may not be too late but I do know many people that exclusively pumped.

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