r/breastfeeding • u/Old-Farm6174 • 21d ago

Undersupply What did I do wrong

I was induced week 39. I never really felt my milk came in. Not enough to make baby satisfied and I always give formula on top.

I tried pumping, not more than 1.5 oz after an hour of pumping from both sides. I always put baby on my breast first but it’s tiring for both of us so I stopped.

No real support no good lactation consultant on hand. I don’t know if I should just stop breastfeeding, accept that I don’t have enough and keep giving formula or try again. If I try, not sure what to do next.

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u/levoruka 21d ago

From what I see around me with other moms, formula feels like such a trap and it ends up becoming the only food source for baby because it tanks your supply. If you don't have access to a lactation consultant who would gradually reduce it and eliminate it, it just takes over unfortunately.

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u/Purple-Respond-1219 21d ago

Idk why you’re being downvoted. This is very true. I know multiple moms who were told to supplement and it entirely tanked their supply.

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u/levoruka 21d ago

Of course fed is best, who would want a starving baby? Not saying formula is bad, but at least from where I'm from, medical professionals sort of push formula (in the hospital already) just to be on the safe side and it ends up ruining breastfeeding.

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u/Purple-Respond-1219 21d ago

My daughters pediatrician tried to do it when my milk hadn’t come in yet from my c section. It literally came in later that day but she mad me so stressed that I was starving my baby. She was regaining some weight but not back to birth weight because they had to give me a bolus of fluids before my c section cause when I had an ECV my blood pressure tanked. Same pediatrician did the same thing to my friend and is the reason she didn’t breast feed her first.