BF 1-2x a day, pumping and bottle feeding
Hi. I’m currently 8 weeks pp. Baby was born at 36weeks and we had to do formula in the beginning until my supply was established and to make sure she was eating enough since she was jaundice. I’ve maybe breastfed 1-2x a day and sometimes not at all and just bottle feed. I still pump at least 7x every 3 hours with one overnight stretch. My supply is usually 35-40oz in a day. I haven’t seen a lactation consultant since my delivery (tbh they are pretty aggressive except for two). I never got to go back to one I really liked due to insurance. Now I wanted to try and BF more but still bottle feed and just wanted to check if I’m doing everything ok. I tried going to lactation consultant and they just got back to me via phone and they’re busy until after memorial weekend. She basically said we’re more concerned about her sucking ability than her latch and that I should see someone this week instead of waiting bc the longer I go, the harder it will be. Granted I feel like I’m not having a totally hard time- I hear her fgulpin and she seems satisfied when I BF. Last night she was very awake I feel as though maybe my milk flow or let down was to fast for her, she got fussy. she’s usually pretty ok with either boob, however she was also up for four hours T\_T. OLactation consultant made it seem like i really need to up my BF and slowly drop bottles but I still want to combo feed - not trying to exclusively BF... if anything I’d rather pump but still just want to BF bc I do feel more of it as a bonding moment for her and I. Will it really be difficult to get her to continue to BF from time to time?
TLDR: is it ok to mainly pump and BF once in a while, lactation consultant said it’ll be harder down the road bc of baby’s sucking ability but I feel like she sucks just fine on my boob