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I may be joining the broken boob club...

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William had his 3 week ped appt today and I talked to the Dr. about why William might be crying so hard. I told him he was only consoled by food. The Dr. told me it could be comfort sucking it could be him not getting enough to eat. He told me to pump if I wanted or get some formula and if he started to cry like that again to offer him a bottle and see if he took it. DS has lost a couple of ounces and the ped wasn't worried but said William may not be getting enough breastmilk... I was concerned because he was crying his hungry cry every hour. So we'll see if it's just comfort sucking.

But I'm starting him on formula about 3x a week anyway due to my own laziness with not using my pump. But I'm honestly going to try and pump at least once a day. I know, I know, I should be EBFing and I am trying to give him as much breastmilk as possible... but sometimes it's easier when we are out and about to give him a bottle... oh well, I don't think that qualifies me for the sh!tty mom club lol. But I do think that maybe AP isn't working for me as well as I thought it would.

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  • farrellashleighfarrellashleigh member
    well you do what ya gotta do! My boobs are def. busted! We're done with the BF saga for sure and it was REALLY hard on me at first but I'm ok with it now. He's well fed and happy and gaining weight so that's the end goal in all of this isn't it? Plus it IS easier to give him a bottle when we're out, and it's nice for DH to be able to take the load off of me, so there are some pluses too. GL!
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  • Tonya_GTonya_G member
    AP isn't purely about how you feed your baby- there are several FF momma's on the AP board. BFing is ideal, but not a requirement. I will be supplementing DD with formula once I return to work- we're actually starting this week with introducing the bottle during her afternoon feeding, and will eventually work in her mid-day feeding as well, both of which will be FF by the time all is said and done. Just know that if you start eliminating feedings, it may or may not affect your supply otherwise- I'm lucky, and my boobs love to make milk no matter what I do with them, but other women's aren't as obliging.
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  • wordtoyourmotherwordtoyourmother member
    breastfeeding is not easy. I've come very close to just giving in FF.  I'm tired of pumping and wish she would just latch on directly.  She hates my boobs but loves my breast milk :)
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