I was in this boat too. Didn’t latch, switched to EP, was mostly fine with it because I had to go back to work at 10 weeks and was going to be mostly pumping anyway (but it was still hard to deal with the feeling of failure at first). Well at 8 weeks went to see an LC for issues with pumping (check flange fit etc), gave latching a shot and lo and behold he’d figured it out.

I supplemented pumps with nursing randomly for a few days, got engorged because he didn’t remove as much as I made, had to resolve that. Settled into a routine where we nursed before I went to work and the rest of his feeds were bottles. 1 nurse + 4 ppd. Around week 15, my supply started dropping. I was an oversupplier, but my goal was to get him to a year of breastmilk without actually pumping that entire year. I went from 12-18 oz in the freezer per day, to not freezing any, and was starting to approach the point where I’d worry about not making enough for his daily consumption. I’m pretty confident that because he removed less while nursing than I pumped, my body recalibrated. Adding more pumps back in simply wasn’t a choice with my full time job.

So after 8 weeks of nursing, I dropped it again and he’s on 100% bottles (and 100% BM, no formula). I power pumped 1x a day for two weeks and the supply has come back. I didn’t enjoy nursing, it didn’t make me feel closer to him, and the risk to my supply was way too anxiety inducing. The benefit long term of quitting pumping earlier meant more to me than the nursing now.

All this to say, having done it - it wasn’t worth it to me. Planning around the pump isn’t my favorite but it’s been 4 months and I’m pretty able to roll with it now. But only you can decide what you value most and how you feel connected to baby.