Comments on: Why I supplemented my child with infant formula https://www.budgetpantry.com/supplemented-child-infant-formula/ Fri, 17 Nov 2017 05:58:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.7 By: GT https://www.budgetpantry.com/supplemented-child-infant-formula/#comment-6413 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 05:58:21 +0000 https://budgetpantry.com/?p=9893#comment-6413 Yes i had the same issue as u did but i nvr persisted like u..i gave up exaxtly after one month. The govt and those who were fortunate enough to exclusively BF will nvr understand our struggles and the initial guilt we felt when we are unable to meet demand.

]]> By: Chris-budgetpantry https://www.budgetpantry.com/supplemented-child-infant-formula/#comment-6356 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 01:59:28 +0000 https://budgetpantry.com/?p=9893#comment-6356 In reply to Sara.

Thanks for leaving me a comment Sara.. yes I felt compelled to write about my experience because from breastfeeding groups, I see mummies with a freezer full of breastmilk and advice to increase supply was always ‘keep latching’. But how to keep latching when baby is screaming at the breast due to extremely slow flow? Let the baby go hungry with the insistence to keep latching? Only we know if we’ve done our best. And I know we have :)

]]> By: Sara https://www.budgetpantry.com/supplemented-child-infant-formula/#comment-6297 Fri, 27 Oct 2017 17:53:59 +0000 https://budgetpantry.com/?p=9893#comment-6297 When I read your post, I felt so emotional because I gone through every single thing you mentioned. Seeing a lactation consultant, eating fenugreek/lactation cookies, drowning myself with milo/soya bean/whatever milk boosters people suggested, pumping once every 3 hours even when I am so tired at night that I have to slap myself to keep myself awake, only to have a yield of about 400ml a day, with the lowest at 30ml, and only able to provide 3 out of 7 feeds my LO has daily.

I was very frustrated things did not improve and my LO is turning 3 months soon. One afternoon, after frustration rose from a bad pump session, I asked my husband, “Why is God so unfair? There are women who have so much milk they do not know what to do with it. But here I am struggling with low supply.” My husband replied, “God gave us a beautiful baby and with that, we are so much luckier than many others.”

I may not have breastfed my baby exclusively but I have breastfed her to the best of my ability. And you have too. Thanks for sharing:)

]]> By: Chris-budgetpantry https://www.budgetpantry.com/supplemented-child-infant-formula/#comment-6007 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 06:15:03 +0000 https://budgetpantry.com/?p=9893#comment-6007 In reply to VC.

Wow 1-2 babies later? I guess I would never find out ;)

]]> By: Chris-budgetpantry https://www.budgetpantry.com/supplemented-child-infant-formula/#comment-6006 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 06:14:45 +0000 https://budgetpantry.com/?p=9893#comment-6006 In reply to Joan.

Thanks for sharing your experience, Joan! You’re absolutely right – not having the ability to breastfeed doesn’t make anyone less of a mother. Time spent with our little ones mean much more to me!

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