Breast Milk Supply & Production: Saline Drops

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Low- Milk Supply

Hello! I am the new mother of a beautiful 12 day old baby girl. In the hospital, she latched on wonderfully, and I thought breast feeding was going well, until I started to become concerned that my milk hadn't seemed to have come in after 4 days. When it finally did come in, I never became engorged. Long story short, we found out she was dropping weight rapidly, and it was surmised that my milk supply, at least presently, is much too low to provide enough nutrition for her, so I have been feeding her regularly with formula, and giving...

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Milk Allergy or Reflux Please Help

My 6 week old has had excessive mucos in his nose and throat which has been causing him to gag for the past 4 weeks. He drinks 4 oz every 2 hours, he does not make it past 2 hours of sleep, I try to distract him when he wakes up but will scream until i give him his bottle and he acts like he is starving. I use a cool mist humidifier, saline drops and the bulb to help with the mucos and it does not make a difference. I took him to the Dr thinking maby he might have a milk allergy to the formula and Dr says he has reflux??? and perscribed...