sorry - another bf question
Hope you guys don't mind another breastfeeding question. It all seems so touch and go...
As you know I am to supplement Sophie for 3 feedings a day. Dr. wants her to have 2 oz of formula or breastmilk after these feedings. Well I have been able to pump out at least two of them, and have done formula for the third...but the baby seems very cranky now. Am I pumping away her supply? I try to do it about an hour before I think she's going to wake up to want to eat....not alwasy the easiest thing to determine, and she's still staying for around 15 minutes each side, but she seems hungry after, and if it's not one of the times I am giving her a bottle of supplement, she just seems so unsatisfied.
I am going to try to pump after she's done - as per Misha's advice. Then at least I know she ate her share, and maybe it will slow down the process, and I'll get even less collected, but she won't be suffering.
It's all so complicated! Any word on this? Advice?
As you know I am to supplement Sophie for 3 feedings a day. Dr. wants her to have 2 oz of formula or breastmilk after these feedings. Well I have been able to pump out at least two of them, and have done formula for the third...but the baby seems very cranky now. Am I pumping away her supply? I try to do it about an hour before I think she's going to wake up to want to eat....not alwasy the easiest thing to determine, and she's still staying for around 15 minutes each side, but she seems hungry after, and if it's not one of the times I am giving her a bottle of supplement, she just seems so unsatisfied.
I am going to try to pump after she's done - as per Misha's advice. Then at least I know she ate her share, and maybe it will slow down the process, and I'll get even less collected, but she won't be suffering.
It's all so complicated! Any word on this? Advice?
