Hi mummies, my LO is 2 weeks old now and we started off rocky with bf due to blocked ducts. I am currently bottle feeding him ebm and fm as pumped amount is very low (30-40ml per pump). I am already pumping 8x per day, taking fenugreek and lactation tea but the supply don't seem to go up. Do you think I should latch baby on now whenever it's his feeding time? Does the pump output equate to the amount of milk I have?

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I used to supplement with fm - fenugreek, domperidone, even green papaya fish soup didn't work for me. I power pumped once a day on top of diligently pumping every 3 hours and latching baby. Consult a LC eventually and she told me to give babye a half feed with bottle (whether it's ebm or fm), and then finish off at the boob. Did that until i was confident with my supply and managed to breastfeed exclusively when baby turns 2.5 months old. Shes 6.5 mo now and I'm still pumping 3 times at work and direct latch at night.

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