No one have the rights to judge you, you are still feeding baby regardless of bm or formula. I personally wanted to breastfeed cause people say will lose weight (young mom want pretty), it was very hard and it took a toll on my body and sanity. I struggled for the first few months but managed to pump till 18mo as it became an attachment. Even when I was still pumping and giving bm to my baby at 9mo, I had people telling me that my milk is useless. Whatever you do, there will always be naysayers so just ignore them.
I took sunflower lecithin to thin out my milk (I take a lot of mala @.@), apply some nipple cream or coconut oil before you pump to prevent friction from pumping. Handsfree pumps works better for me and gave me a better yield compared to pumps with tubes. Also be sure you have the correct flange size. For first few days, you can get someone to massage for you to unclog your milk.
Regardless, don’t stress about having to give only bm to baby, mix feeding is equally good too. They all end up eating Macdonalds anyway 😂. Also, if you stress too much, your supply will be affected!
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