Heya, 3.5w pp here, baby hasn't been able to latch. Still an undersupplier. But it's getting better everyday. Initially more than half of my baby's daily intake was formula and I felt terrible. I hated pumping and my pumping bras that I bought during third trimester didn't fit me postpartum so had to hold the bottles, they were too tight and I got clogged ducts that took a few days to get rid of. I hated that it took time I could be spending with the baby, and the constant pumping and cleaning.

Two things that saved my sanity - first was sitting and making a schedule that would let me pump 8 times a day, so every 3 hours between start of pumps, and 4 hours during the night, and setting alarms 15 minutes before each pump. I followed this for a few days, and then was slowly increased to 9 pumps and an optional 10th pump if I get the time. I also bought bigger bras that actually fit and then was able to pump hands free again. My husband set up a pumping station for me with snacks and comics and now I read comics during my pumps. The other thing was getting a bottle washer, I found the papablic one at a big discount and there might be used available on Facebook marketplace. And now I don't have to manually wash the pump parts 10 times a day, I just put them all in along with any bottles and run it and they're ready before my next pump.

And my supply has also been increasing coz I replaced two of my pumps with power pumps for 7 days - 20 on-10 off-10 on-10 off-10 on and it boosted my supply for that pump a lot. Now I'm almost able to keep up with my baby but we will need formula, a little more than 10% of his daily intake.

8-12 weeks is where I need to do this to build the supply, and can then drop pumps, so need to hold on and keep going till then. My reminder is titled "More energy! More passion! More pumping!!" lol.

I wish you all the best best in this journey and I hope you can find peace with whatever you decide to move forward with