Electric Pump

[donnalotus]

So far the electric breast pump is doing really well. I haven't been pumping much because I still want to keep some in the breast for the baby, but I got 20ml earlier this morning and just now pumped about 30ml. This will do a "top up" for Declan later on in the day. We'll still have to use formula for a little bit until my breasts catch up to this new "more frequent" use and make more milk (or at least, that's the plan if they really do produce milk to the demand). Hopefully in a few days I'll be able to pump enough milk in between normal feeds to supplement when the breasts seem dry, or Declan is having a hard time getting milk out of them.

I found an interesting article here about Chronic Low Milk Supply. I read some of this and think, well I had/have at least five of those stimuli that can bring about a low milk supply... it's devastating really when all you want to do is feed your baby, and it's incredibly, incredibly frustrating when you get pro-BF people in your face saying basically "formula = the devil, you're going to Hell!" or something to that extreme when you say you have to supplement with formula because you're just not making enough milk. Then it becomes a case of "well what are you doing wrong?"  Maybe I'm not doing anything wrong, I'm doing everything I've been told to do and then some and it still doesn't seem to be enough. Like new mothers don't have enough to worry about without being made to feel guilty or bullied about breastfeeding.

Link: http://www.mobimotherhood.org/MM/article-lms.aspx