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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What if you breast feed more often? Breastfeeding is supply and demand. The more you nurse the more milk you will produce. That’s what I would do. Feed the baby every twenty minutes.[/quote]

This doesn't always work if there are supply and/or transfer issues.  I did feed my baby around the clock for 6 weeks and it wasn't enough.  Worse it actually negatively impacted my supply because even though people told me her latch was ok - she really wasn't transferring effectively.  I just though because she was nursing all the time it was ok - but it wasn't - she wasn't gaining enough weight and she wasn't sucking effectively enough to build my supply.   Pumping was necessary and improving her ability to transfer was also necessary (and that did improve my supply - because I don't respond very well to pumping.

I think this is dangerous advice here.  OP should find a supplement that works for her baby (hence my pp about donor milk if formula isn't working.)  [/quote]

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