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How many oz of bm is your one week old taking?

neya28neya28
in February 2012 Moms
I've been ebf this whole week (milk came in on day two). However DS was born at 38w4 days and was little (compared to my first kid) 6lbs 10oz. He's up every 2-2.5 hrs eating and then will only sleep on me. In the intervals that he wakes up he's constantly rooting for boob. My boobs don't feel full at all and I was thinking my supply sucks bc we're only getting like 1-2 hrs of sleep per day. Long story short, I just pumped for 20 min and got 1.7 oz from both. I'm wondering if this could be what he's taking per feeding at this age ( he's 7 days) or if maybe I was right and I'm under producing.
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Re: How many oz of bm is your one week old taking?

  • goldenleavesgoldenleaves member
    Lauren takes anywhere from 1-2oz of pumped breast milk per feeding. She is also tiny and weighs 6lbs 8oz, up 3oz from birth!
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  • pinkshades05pinkshades05 member
    I'm not sure how many oz DD is taking at each feeding, but she's feeding every 2 hours or so and spends about 10-15min eating right now. How are the diapers? I think that's the best judgment to how much he is getting to eat.

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  • neya28neya28
    Diapers look good. Loads of blow outs and wet dipes. I was just thinking maybe I'm short like half an oz somewhere as he keeps rooting all the time if hers access to his hands or my shoulder. DH gave him the 1.6 oz at 11:30 though and he's still sleeping so good news!
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  • SonrisaSolaSonrisaSola member

    DS is eating about 2 oz of EBM per feeding. Sometimes he's still sucking when he's done, but one of the nurses at the hospital told me that sometimes babies will do that, even if they're not hungry. If he cries when he's done, then he's probably still hungry, but if he's just sucking, he may just want to suck. Having him suck on your finger or a pacifier may be just fine to satisfy.

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  • jennlinjennlin member

    i have an 8 day old---

    my BM is flowing very very quickly---after feedings, i pump 12oz in about 10 minutes. baby eats for anywhere between 6 and 20 minutes every 2-3 hours, and obviously i can't measure how much she's taking, but she doesn't show signs of hunger. we go through about 18 diapers a day--some wet only, some wet with poopy, some poopy only.



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