First mental breakdown
I don't know what to do. I've been exclusively pumping for almost 8 months. I developed mastitis a bit over a week ago, fever, chills, full body aches, hit by a truck, the full shebang. My supply has since tanked. I've added in extra pumps, hydrated, eating well and it is not increasing. I've burned through my small freezer stash and thought I'd just try formula again. Nope. Now my baby is refusing formula.
I supplemented with formula in his first month without issue, when I was struggling. I added extra pumps then, and fought to establish my supply. I managed to get off formula and even to a slight oversupply resulting in said freezer stash. My supply tanked once my period returned and I had to maintain 7 ppd to keep up and have done 1-2 motn pumps every night since. Now after 8 sleepless months, I'm back at square fkn 1 except my baby now won't take formula. I've tried different types and mixing with breastmilk. I don't have spare bm to waste right now.
He's also not the most interested in solids despite trying a couple of times each day. He has always been a big boy, a verocious milk drinker and consumes 1100ml a day. I don't know what to do to feed my baby all of a sudden. I pumped around the clock today and only just kept him fed. He screams the house down if still hungry. I absolutely lost it tonight. First full mental breakdown, sobbing on the kitchen floor. My husband sat with me and supported me through it but he feels helpless too.
I'm Australian based and don't know where to go from here. I want to reach out to an LC but didn't have the best experiences with them earlier. I also don't have time to waste that could be spent pumping. Help please, any advice?