Advice needed

This would be a question better suited for a pediatrician. I’m not sure an OB knows that much about formula feeding especially if your children have intolerance to anything

Ob is definitely not as knowledgeable on pediatric nutrition

I’m aware they also have a pediatrician in the same office as my ob

Id definitely ask the pediatrician then. If you go straight to formula you will have to basically wean before starting m dry up your supply. And another option besides formula is milk share , as an fyi

Milk share is oversupply er moms sharing extra milk that they have available

As a mom to a kid with latch troubles.... I wish milk share had been mentioned more to me

We ended up supplementing with formula, but thankfully never ended up needing to go with hypoallergenic, and thankfully his latch got better

Milk share groups are basically less formal milk banks . Most major city areas actually probably have milk share. Ask in your nearest big city's peanut group about it

@Elizabeth I’m a low suppler and wasn’t able to breastfeed with any of the other three children I have I only produce about 2.5oz every 4 hrs and my girls have all had tongue ties that where to minor to have surgery on so they couldn’t latch and I didn’t do well pumping. I also work full time so the dr actually thought that formula feeding would be best for me since I’ve not produced well with any of my children she told me I could try but, it probably wouldn’t work no matter how hard I tried

@Ariya ah! It's very possible this one might not have a tongue tie. But definitely a slimmer possibility. Formula feeding does allow for anyone to feed the baby , as you just need to have supplies available and bottles at the ready for whenever ( unless you do the pitcher method, I'm which case you have all liquid prepped ahead of time and then just offer up as needed )

https://www.luriechildrens.org/en/specialties-conditions/neonatology/resources/throughout-your-nicu-stay/how-to-mix-infant-formula/ pitcher method for formula explained

@Elizabeth if she don’t have a tongue tie in willing to try again but, I want to have some formula as back up as I did w my last one bc she just wasn’t getting enough due to low supply

Note that none of these are nutramigen which looks to be the most expensive hypoallergenic one out ... that at .... 70 bucks a can..... Yikes that is a blow to the wallet whenever you need to go and get a can

( the organic pure bliss looks to be a ready to feed bottle, so that one is more an information that simple bliss is offered in an organic format that does come in ready to feed )

@Ariya milk share was a suggestion as to supplementing your own breast milk with other breast milk

But there are certainly plenty of options shared here on hypoallergenic. As far as having those available.

@Elizabeth I’m not quite sure how you get shared milk around where I’m from it only is offered to baby’s born early or with health problems

@Ariya same! Except you can also ask in a bigger city peanut group as there may be over supplier moms willing to share some excess that they have. ( I happen to live in a bigger city currently, but that is a keyword as we hope to move .... Finally .... At some point )

( eats on feets is a community milk share program that has chapters all over , through a Facebook group )

Another program is human milk for human babies

( these both have websites also for the greater organization, so they should also have some contact info as well )

I only found out about milk share through Facebook mom groups. Ayden wasn't early enough that that was a conversation, but with his latch troubles, we needed to supplement ( though his was more just he was smaller that most born at 37 weeks and 3 days pregnant 😳 ... Not a tie issue, it did get better with time and chubbier cheeks as his face and the rest of his body filled out more)

These programs have Facebook groups where you post that you're looking for milk and where you are and you can use it to connect with more milk ( oversimplified, I've never done milk share programs myself)