If you have to choose between bottle feeding and breast feeding , breast feeding should be your # 1 choice. I believe you will be giving your baby a good start in life. I understand it is not easy the first few days, it is very easy to want to give up, seriously. Getting the baby to latch on in the beginning wasn’t easy. Remember you are pretty much teaching them, and trying to find a good position/ balance. Some people choose to exclusively pump instead, and that is ok.
I pump at work and at home if the baby is sleeping and when am too full. I find pumping has really boost my supply. Remember the rule of supply and demand works in milk making. The more the you feed/pump the more your body makes.
To help boost my supply, i eat oatmeal and when i take a nap, i wake up full, so rest as much as you can ( though it is hard finding that time). I drink lots of water for hydration throughout the day.
Some people swear by these things : fenugreek , blessed thistle, some blends like Mother’s Love More Milk Plus, the prescription drug Reglan can also help increase your milk supply – yes it is perfectly ok for your baby.
