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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, as soon as you have the baby make an appointment with a lactation consultant (I used the Breastfeeding Center in DC and they were good, and didn't try to sell me anything - I heard some horror stories about that with other places).

It's completely, completely fine to supplement with formula. BUT, breastfeeding is a demand-based system, and babies cry and nurse a lot in the beginning even if your supply is fine - that's how you get supply. You really need someone knowledgable to help you figure out if you're on track in what can be a difficult but normal process, or if your baby needs more food and supplementing would be best.

Of course, you can also decide to supplement for a lot of reasons not related to your milk supply. But if that's what you're worried about, I'd recommend you get at least one expert opinion. I know everything is harder with covid, of course. [/quote]

I used Metropolitan Breastfeeding but I agree.  To he clear, the lactation consultant from there helped me formula supplement in the first week (my son's weight had dipped too much).  Not all lactation consultants are anti-formula.[/quote]

I like to give a little formula the first few days to get the meconium out to keep ahead of jaundice. You can give formula in a little medicine cup or a 5ml syringe if you are worried about nipple confusion [/quote]
We used the little syringe for formula the first few days, because the nipple that came with the RTF bottle was too big. The hospital gives a stack of medicine cups and 1ml syringes for hand expressing colostrum, but I gave up on that after about 5 minutes. [/quote]

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