Exclusive Pumping

Hi dear mummies, hope you can help me with two questions: 1) will exclusive pumping reduce breast milk if you do not direct latch? 2) my child will cry terribly whenever he direct latch as the milk supply is low, is there any way i can latch him better? He will only wake up when he is hungry for milk and I couldn’t tease him to be awake to latch. 3) he drinks bottle fed formula milk + my 40ml express breastmilk at different feeding intervals.. is it ok if he drinks two hourly sometimes instead of three hours? He seems hungry very fast. He is four days only, thank you!

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My lo also 4 days old today. He has been crying every 1-2 hours asking for milk and my breast is engorged and painful. Tried to pump but only 10-20ml from both sides. Now still figuring out what to do 😭😭😭

6y ago

Massage clear your breast so milk can flow smoothly I believe its a process before the supply kick in.