You can do whatever makes you comfortable, but know that there is nothing
inadequate about milk expressed weeks or months prior as long as it's not spoiled.
Often a mother believes she does not have enough milk or that there is something
inadequate about her milk and believes she needs to supplement.
Not exact matches
But in some countries, such as the UK and the USA, breastfeeding rates drop rapidly after birth, often because of fears
about inadequate milk supply and other breastfeeding problems.
It's really helpful to know the daily tallies of formula and / or pumped
milk — especially if you are concerned
about inadequate milk production.
It appears that the body does not have a way to regulate the B6 content of the
milk when the mother's intake is low (as it does for some nutrients such as calcium), so mothers who do not eat sufficient B6 - rich foods and do not make up the shortfall by supplementing with B6 will produce breast
milk with
inadequate levels of B6 for their infants.33 One group of researchers concludes that a minimum of 3.5 to 4.9 mg of vitamin B6 equivalents (from diet and supplements) are needed to maintain saturated levels of B6 in the mothers» breast
milk,
about double the RDA.34 Irritability in the infant may be a sign of less than adequate vitamin B6 status.35