new mom here...BF and pumping question

hi everyone,

My DD was born this past friday .

i am nursing her but had to start to pump because of sever engorgement. She is less than a week old. if i give her one bottle a night how many ounces should be in that bottle????

any other bf and pumping advice would be great

looking forward to talking with everyone.

Re: new mom here...BF and pumping question

Posted by livy820

hi everyone,

My DD was born this past friday .

I am nursing her but had to start to pump because of sever engorgement. She is less than a week old. if I give her one bottle a night how many ounces should be in that bottle????

any other bf and pumping advice would be great

looking forward to talking with everyone.

Re: new mom here...BF and pumping question

I agree with the above. We gave 2oz. at night.

Or, continue feeding as much as you want from your breast and freeze the extra pumping. That's what I started doing after a few weeks. You are just establishing your supply now (Although it sounds like a lot), so you don't necessarily want to supplement.

Once your supply is established, around 8 weeks, then you can really start giving those extra bottle feedings. Then you can get DH do a feeding to give you some time away.

Congrats!!!!!!!!!

Re: new mom here...BF and pumping question

I went with the 1 oz for 1 hour philosophy - so depending on how long it had been.