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Giving up on EBF (vent)

MafernjMafernj member
in March 2014 Moms
I have been posting my struggle with this and I think I reached my breaking point. I woke up this morning w no milk, my breast are very soft and baby won't latch. Had to make her formula so she would get fed. I am so sad, I really wanted to breast feed and it's just not working. Idk what else to do to increase my supply. We were doing so well for a couple days and now I have nothing! I cannot let my baby starve and she is my priority but I feel I cannot continue stressing about this and just thinking if she is eating enough every day all day .. I am not enjoying my baby cuz all I do is try to get her to eat or stressing about how to increase my supply.what am I gonna do when she just wants to comfort feed? what am I gonna do when she goes thru growth spurs and I cannot feed her so much formula? I feel like such a failure and I really am broken down. Thank you for all the advise you have given me and the support on my past post.
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  • stephcrosby09stephcrosby09 member
    Keep your head up. You are doing great!
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  • saisongbirdsaisongbird member
    I totally understand where you are coming from. I am not producing enough to keep up w/my baby's needs at this time - when I pump, I generally only get just under an ounce. In my mind, I know which feeds are breast feeds (MOTN, one or two afternoon feeds), but the rest right now are formula. She still comfort nurses and falls asleep on me but unless something drastically changes I just won't be able to ebf. I have been struggling w/it all week and I am not giving up on bfing but once I came to terms that some feeds were going to have to be ff I started doing better mentally.

    Take it one step at a time. Your baby loves you no matter how he/she is fed.


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  • jtenkorangjtenkorang member
    I know it's hard I've had to start using formula and I had a difficult time with it but it's the only way baby girl was gaining weight. She just wasn't gaining like I hoped she would and she never seemed to be full. After a few weeks of formula and bf I feel like I've seen a completely new baby I love her to pieces and I hope you are able to find the best fit for both of you. Just remember that lo will let you know what she needs and she loves you.
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  • megs68megs68 member
    Just because your breasts are soft doesn't mean there's no milk. Mine rarely get hard. Have you researched increasing supply? There are a lot of different things you can try. If you want to continue BFing, you can try to boost supply and see if anything may work.
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  • luvmybundleluvmybundle member
    Sorry you are going through this. Breastfeeding is hard and there are days I don't think it's going to last for us either. But in the end, you tried and that counts. Don't beat yourself up.
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