I'm feeling so upset. I've been exclusively pumping for my preemie for 4 months while she is in NICU. My supply was great n I have stocked up a frozen stash. I latched her on or bottle feed her with EBM when she is back home. I realised my supply has been dipping and I've touched on my frozen stash already! This morning I latched her on at 2am and after she unlatch herself she was so fussy for about 2hours. I tried burping her, carrying her, patting her etc she seems unhappy. She vomitted abit and pooed. After I cleaned her up, it's already 4am and time for a next feed. I went to warm up my EBM and bottle fed her. She fell asleep very quickly. Makes me wonder... Is it she wasn't full when latched on? Please please please tell me an effective way to boost up my supply again!

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It could be that your supply isn't dropping at all. What you've described is normal growth spurt behaviour. If you continue to feed baby from your stash though, your supply will drop, so be careful. Babies get fussy from time to time, it's nothing to panic about. Unless you see less diaper output, or babies weight gain is seriously impacted, just keep on direct latching. This is the only real way of increasing your supply. Anything else will have a very minimum impact.

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Home Breastfeeding im feeling upset ive been exclusively pumping preemie 4 months while in nicu supply was great n i have stocked frozen stash i latched bottle feed with ebm when back home i realised supply has been dipping ive touched frozen stash already morning i latched 2am after unlatch herself was fussy about 2hours i tried burping carrying patting etc seems unhappy vomitted abit pooed after i cleaned already 4am time next feed i went warm ebm bottl