https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:12:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-152638 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:34:08 +0000 loveisstrange 152638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are formula only. I tried to breastfeed but it didn't work out for us for several reasons.</p> <p>I do feel guilty. I feel like I could have tried harder but I had a traumatic birth and have PPD and I just couldn't handle the struggle mentally and emotionally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-152627 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:27:28 +0000 GrapeCrush 152627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We supplement. We had to start in the hospital because we were having trouble breast feeding. When we got home I tried to EBF for the first few nights, but mommy, daddy and baby were not happy. Everyone was stressed, he wasn't eating do we had to. The last 2 nights have been much better and his pediatrician said he's doing great and what we are doing is fine and he's gaining properly </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-152355 Tue, 08 May 2012 18:27:39 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 152355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Breastfeeding happily for the second time. I'm very busty, so I'm glad their good for something! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-152299 Tue, 08 May 2012 17:41:23 +0000 woodentulip 152299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't produce enough milk, so both daughters have been supplemented. I am also on domperidone, taking more milk plus and drinking 2 pots of nursing tea/day. Keeping my limited supply up is lots of work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-152296 Tue, 08 May 2012 17:39:40 +0000 cvbee 152296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm surprised how many people supplement at first. </p> <p>My hospital discouraged supplementing early on because they said it's a supply-demand thing and they just work really hard to help patients with the latch and frequent feedings. I'm sure there are some situations where they would get you to supplement, but it sounded like it was rare here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-152293 Tue, 08 May 2012 17:38:01 +0000 cupcakemama 152293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was ebf until I went back to work at 8 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-152286 Tue, 08 May 2012 17:30:01 +0000 tequiero21 152286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We supplement. But slowly weaning off formula..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-151988 Tue, 08 May 2012 14:36:02 +0000 banana 151988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was born a month early so the nurse recommended we supplement with a little formula while he was a hospital for a few days. After that, we exclusively breast fed him until 1 year. And then he just switched to cow's milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-151979 Tue, 08 May 2012 14:32:41 +0000 yin 151979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We supplemented with formula for the first 1.5 months until my milk supply met his needs. I exclusively pumped, and it was more difficult for me to fully understand and learn how to pump for my LO. He has been drinking breast milk ever since, and I'm starting to wean him at 12.5 months.</p> <p>Breastfeeding is difficult, and I admire everyone who tries. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-151695 Tue, 08 May 2012 12:28:53 +0000 Mrs. Dumptruck 151695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When our LO was born, we had to supplement because I wasn't producing enough. Now at 9 months, we're still breastfeeding and eating solids - about 6-8 oz per day spread out throughout the day. She was EBF from 1 to 6 months though. I'm a SAHM so EBFing was the best choice for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-151657 Tue, 08 May 2012 12:14:02 +0000 LivsMama 151657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to supplement for 6 weeks, but from 6 weeks to 6.5 months, Liv wsa EBF. Now she is BF and has solids, but still no formula. @regberadaisy: @Thehistoryofus: More Milk Plus worked WONDERS for me. I also took fenugreek and drank the tea religiously </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-151568 Tue, 08 May 2012 11:16:30 +0000 regberadaisy 151568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee:<br /> Thanks! Do you take the fenugreek in pill form? Is mother's milk tea just a kind of tea? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-151494 Tue, 08 May 2012 10:23:02 +0000 T.H.O.U. 151494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: I'm not sure. I haven't seen a huge increase with fenugreek or the tea but I've never taken either religiously. Hostely it comes down to my work schedule. I can only get 2 sessions in now so unless I can produce 3 bottles from 2 sessions I can't keep up and I don't know that tea and pills will increase my supply that much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-151400 Tue, 08 May 2012 09:42:03 +0000 Mrs. Bee 151400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: pumping definitely helped boost my supply, as did taking supplements like fenugreek, mother's milk tea, more milk plus, etc.</p> <p>good luck!</p> <p>@Thehistoryofus: will you do anything to try to boost your supply? i'm thinking about taking mother's milk tea and more milk plus again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-151223 Tue, 08 May 2012 07:33:07 +0000 T.H.O.U. 151223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: This is pretty much where were are right now at 9 months. My 100 ounce freezer stash is down to about 4 bottles and I'm not sure I'm pumping enough during the day to keep up with demand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-151180 Tue, 08 May 2012 01:39:10 +0000 regberadaisy 151180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks EveryOne. I really wanted to give EBF my 110% but unfortunately I was just not producIng enough to keep baby content. We supplement with 1-2oz of bottlefed formula at each feeding. I'm really hoping when my pump arrIves I can reduce the amount of formula we give her.<br /> We had a really tough first few days. I was guilt ridden with not knowing that she was still hungry even though we fed her what the LC recommended. I was guilt ridden with not producing enough for her. I've accepted it now and her feeding enough is way more important than breast vs formula. Thankfully she switches from breast to bottle just fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-151166 Mon, 07 May 2012 22:53:33 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 151166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We exclusively BF (but only because I was stubborn about it) until we started adding solids at 5.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-151155 Mon, 07 May 2012 21:35:48 +0000 Mrs. Stroller 151155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When you do get your pump, try pumping after the morning nursing. I had a low supply issue and just pumping that one time a day helped jump start things. Now I can freeze and extra 6oz a day (4 mos later). Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-151112 Mon, 07 May 2012 20:21:04 +0000 sulli301 151112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>EBF until 6 months &amp; then began using solids slowly but she still nurses @ 12 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-150531 Mon, 07 May 2012 12:22:44 +0000 lavender 150531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I supplement one bottle a day w/formula. I go back to work in 3 weeks and I wanted her to get used to formula b/c once I go back to work I won't have the time to pump as often as I would like to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-150528 Mon, 07 May 2012 12:20:08 +0000 cyndistar3 150528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first daughter I was able to ebf until about 4 months but because I was in school I wasn't able to pump or anything so I started to dry up and had to start supplementing. I am definitely hoping I can ebf for a lot longer this time since I will be a sahm and can work harder at keeping my supply. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-150492 Mon, 07 May 2012 11:53:25 +0000 Mrs. Bee 150492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>olive has had maybe 2-3 bottles of formula before my milk came in and she had to stay an extra week in the hospital. since then she's been breastfed or bottlefed breastmilk.</p> <p>i only have 8 bags of frozen milk though, and my supply has dwindled a bit since getting sick recently, so maybe i'll have to supplement in the coming months, but i hope i don't have to. olive is 7 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-150470 Mon, 07 May 2012 11:36:14 +0000 red_seattle 150470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a bit of formula by SNS in the first few days at home because Baby X was dehydrated and lost a full pound before we came home from the hospital... but once my milk came in and the pediatrician was satisfied with his weight gain (he was back to birth weight 4 days after going home) that didn't last long at all and he was EBF (from the boob) until 9 weeks, and after we introduced the bottle for while I'm at work, he has only had breast milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-150339 Mon, 07 May 2012 10:19:59 +0000 lemondrop 150339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to supplement with formula for his first 3 weeks, with the help of my lactation consultant and pediatrician we were able to transition back to only breastmilk. We still give a bottle or two of pumped breastmilk everyday to reinforce the habit (and all day when I work). Early we offered bottles to monitor how much he was eating after a full breastfeeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-150272 Mon, 07 May 2012 09:45:03 +0000 Mrs. Train 150272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know how to vote as I have had all three situations. My first son was exclusively formula, my twins were breastfeed with formula supplements and my daughter is exclusively breastfeed. They are wonderful and healthy children. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-150254 Mon, 07 May 2012 09:32:00 +0000 pelikila 150254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ran the gamut. From Day 1 until 8 months my son was EBF. During Month 8 we supplemented with formula (I went back to work at 8 weeks and by Month 8 I had too much trouble keeping my supply up that I threw in the towel) and by Month 9 my son was exclusively on formula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-150237 Mon, 07 May 2012 09:24:07 +0000 sandy 150237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to supplement with formula when LO was almost 2 weeks old bc my milk didn't come in and LO lost too much weight but once my milk came in we have been exclusively breastfed. She is almost 6 months (in 4 days) and I just started her on solids yesterday :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-150231 Mon, 07 May 2012 09:18:56 +0000 Nskillet 150231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do a mix of both right now. Some bottles are formula some are pumped breast milk and I'm nursing her a few times a day. My supply is dwindling I think but I can't tell if I'm totally upset by it I or not. Breastfeeding is super hard and I love that DH gets to feed baby girl too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-150155 Mon, 07 May 2012 07:51:27 +0000 chopsuey 150155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I supplemented with 1-2 ounces of formula in the early weeks because I wasn't producing enough for LO. From months 2-5 I exclusively breastfed. At 5 months I introduced solids, but continued to breastfeed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-poll#post-150153 Mon, 07 May 2012 07:48:23 +0000 His Barista 150153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 9 weeks. We are still ebf. But now that I am going back to work I hope that doesn't change! </p>