Home Forums Induced Lactation aka Adoptive Breastfeeding Medical Interventions to Induce Lactation/Increase Milk Supply How much is sufficient to be able to bf a newborn?

Our emom is due in March and right now, I am pumping between 7 and 8 ounces a day. I still have 3 months to prepare so I am hoping to have enough milk that I will not have to supplement, at least not at first.
Is there a magic number that I can say is enough to feed a newborn? I know with my bottle fed babies, they ate at least 16 ounces a day at first.
I have heard 12 ounces is sufficient because the baby will make up for what I cant do with a pump.
Is 12 a good goal? Or, should it be more?

(If i was getting equal amounts from both sides, I would have 12 already but my bad side only gives under 2 ounces a day!)

My educated estimate is 16 oz based on newborn intake. That requirement will rapidly increase but so should your milk supply once nursing at the breast. Jenny

ok so I am almost half way there! Hopefully I am getting close to that by the time emom has baby! The increase seems to be a lot slower than it was at first but it still is going up, slowly.
I am hoping to add night time pumping in early feb so hopefully that will increase it again closer to the due date.

Thanks for posting this. I was wondering the same thing myself today.

I am now getting about 7 ounces from one side and just under 2 from the other. I am wondering if I should be ordering the lactaid? I havent up until now because I wasnt sure if I would need it. I am still 2 months from emoms due date but with the slow side especially, I feel like I am likely going to need it.

Any thoughts?

Thanks for posting the question, it was on my mind too