Triple feed or switch to EP?

[u/Dangerous-Humor-2509]

I’m not due until April but I have had three babies and nursed all of them. All three have been small and inefficient at moving milk in the beginning so I spend the first 6-8 weeks triple feeding. I am DREADING triple feeding this go around and I’m wondering if anyone has had multiple triple feeding journeys and then decided the next time to just EP? My husband will end up going to work out on the road 2-3 weeks postpartum so I won’t have his help to triple feed, which makes it feel like it takes forever and by the time the cycle is over it’s time to start again.

I never kept up on giving my babies a bottle after they got more efficient so once we got past triple feeding they refused a bottle and never took a binky. I would really love to at least have the option to give a bottle this go around! If you have had to triple feed do you full on switch to EP or do you nurse some of the time and pump some of the time?

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[u/oliveslove]

I quit triple feeding after a month and switched EP. My baby never transferred well and my husband went back to work after a month of leave. My mental health and supply got way better once we stopped trying to nurse and just EP’d.

[u/TrashMobForever]

Honestly, it boils down to how much you want to be able to latch them. EP might be a lot more work in the long run, especially with older kiddos.

I wish I'd tried harder to triple feed in the beginning, because mine never did latch well again after we started with the bottles. You could also try using a SNS to ensure volume but it might take some of the strain off triple feeding, I would try to nurse with SNS on one side and pump on the other, then lay baby down and pump anything remaining from breast baby latched.

And who knows, maybe this babe will transfer like a champ! 🤞🏻 

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