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This has been my same issue. I've only been able to get him to latch once since being home; also, I haven't had much milk either (probably correlated), but I have had to mostly do formula feeding. It's not necessarily what I wanted initially, but I have realized that making sure my baby is fed is more important. Fortunately, I am able to pump and so I do supplement and basically do a combo feed situation. But, I still have to bottle feed the breast milk. I will say what has been nice about pumping + bottle feeding has been that my husband is able to help feed, so I have gotten more sleep. As well as, while I'm pumping, it gives me some "me time" to read or play on my phone. Ultimately, do what is best for you and your baby, and sometimes what is best for you is best for your baby. As long as he's eating that is all that matters 💕

Same here! We had to work hard to get good latches and use manual expression and massages to get milk going (I thought my supply was low but really my let down reflex was slower than bottles for her liking) but baby girl quickly learned when we nixxed the bottles that she was going to have to polite at the breast and latch well. It’s frustrating in the moment to be sure. We had a lactation consultant come to our house. It’s covered under our insurance and the ACA lactation coverage clause through reimbursement. BIG game changer. Def worth the time. We were told different things by different nurses on different days at the hospital so it was nice having a dedicated provider assess our unique situation and tailor a plan for us and educate support us as needed. Ultimately your baby will get fed. If you want to continue pursue breast feeding, look into local consultants on zipmilk. If you want to exclusively pump+bottle feed, awesome. If you want to exclusively formula, do it

My son had a hard time latching as well. It's like he couldn't do it. So we did bottle milk and it didn't sit right on his stomach. So we switched to formula. And he immediately started feeling better. I felt guilty about it in the beginning, but it's not about what I want to do, it's about what my son needs. I didn't want to do formula, I wanted to exclusively breast feed, but that wasn't in my cards. It's 100% ok that you want to switch to just formula. There's nothing wrong with that 🫶🏻

Try using nipple shields! My first baby wouldn’t latch without them in the beginning. I wanted to give up in the beginning and ended up breastfeeding her until 15 months.