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Anyone supplementing?

rainstar752rainstar752 member
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I'm going back to work on Monday and I think I'm going to have to start supplementing with formula. I can only pump about 8 oz total in 10hrs/4 pumps (that includes the pump right after her morning feeding). She takes at least 10-12 oz in that time. I'm going to try fenugreek, but so far oatmeal and mothers milk tea have done little to boost my supply. DD has also been a slow gainer and I wonder if it isn't low supply on my part. Anyway, how do I go about supplementing? Leave 1 bottle at daycare that is just formula? Am I creating some bad chain where the supplementing will hurt my supply further? I still plan to pump 4 times a day to get what breastmilk I can. Is anyone else BFing and supplementing?
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Re: Anyone supplementing?

  • P0upetteP0upette member
    if you pump  at the time you'd normally feed her, you should be good supply wise.
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    if you pump  at the time you'd normally feed her, you should be good supply wise.

    This. 4 times a day won't cut it but 6-8 should do 'er. Definitely leave a can of formula so that daycare has plenty available if they need it.

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  • rainstar752rainstar752 member
    imagehepcats:

    imageP0upette:
    if you pump  at the time you'd normally feed her, you should be good supply wise.

    This. 4 times a day won't cut it but 6-8 should do 'er. Definitely leave a can of formula so that daycare has plenty available if they need it.

    Hmm, I'm not sure I understand- maybe I wasn't clear.  I am pumping at the times I'd normally feed her- I do one pump after the first a.m. feed.  Then pump 3 times in 8 hours at the times she'd normally eat (every 2.5 hours or so).  All those added up, I only get 8 oz. And though maybe 6-8 pumps would work, finding time to do 3-4 pumps during the work day is already going to be difficult.  I'm not sure my employer would be happy about 6-8 pumping sessions!

     

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  • skidunksskidunks member
    Rather than do one all formula bottle you could do all of the bottles of mixed BM+formula. That way each bottle has some BM in it. Has she had any formula yet? If she hasn't I don't think I would send an all formula bottle for daycare to do the first day, she might not take it as well as a BM bottle.
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