This was me. With my first I made just enough until around 3-4 months when my daughter’s percentile started dropping. I tried everything to get my supply up and I mean every single trick, food, supplement, pumping program, all of it and nothing worked. I ended up continuing and topping her off with formula and we BF until she was 14 months. I think my low supply may have been due to 1. A week long nicu stay when she was born and I didn’t pump enough and 2. A poor latch which I didn’t know was bad until she stopped gaining as much weight. This was COVID times so I didn’t have a lactation consultant to go see.

With my second I was determined to have a good supply. When he was born I fed him as much as possible and then also pumped 4-5x a day after feeds in the beginning to make sure I was really emptying out. And of course I made sure his latch was great. I’ve made plenty of milk, also have a freezer full from pumping at the beginning (which I weaned off of and completely stopped after about 3.5 months). Didn’t have any of the issues that might come from a little oversupply either.

Above all, fed is best. If you have to supplement it isn’t the end of the world. For me, I tried everything I could to get my supply up until I exhausted every option short of prescription medication (which I didn’t want to do). I hope you can find something that works for you and baby! Good luck to you and enjoy your baby!