I spoke/typed too soon

Not much of an improvement since last time I wrote. I thought I had made it through a growth spurt, but I don't know anymore. I'm still dealing with supply issues. Grace hasn't gone to bed before 2:00 am in about 3 weeks. She's on this really bad schedule and I'm not having much luck getting her out of it. I've been trying to be consistent with the bedtime routine (bath, feed in quiet bedroom with dim lights, etc). But a good bedtime routine doesn't work if she's still hungry! Apparently I have some supply issues because I've been pretty diligent about feeding and my supply isn't increasing much, if at all. I'm starting to wonder what's going on. I'm going to the hospital to talk to the pediatrician. I may have to do a supplement formula feeding at bedtime in order to get her on a live-able schedule. This is really frustrating after all the effort I've been putting in! For the last three days I've fed her every hour during the day and every three hours at night. Still not satisfied... What can I do?

Good news is, she's getting even cuter.

Exhaustion...

I can totally understand why a woman would choose to switch over to formula after giving breastfeeding a go. There are so many things that can affect whether it is successful or not. And there are so many definitions of successful. And when is it successful or not?

I'm going through a bit of a rough spot now. Overall, it appears that things are going well. Grace is thriving. I can almost see her growing before my eyes and she's very happy and content in general. It's evenings/nights that are wearing me down. For the last week, she has not wanted to go to bed before nursing at least 5 hours or so straight. That's no exaggeration. There have been 4 am bedtimes, despite all my attempts at establishing a routine. I can't satisfy her at night and that means I don't sleep. It's 1:35 am now and she's still up (thankfully Sejin took her for a while, although she's fussy, wanting to eat).

So, now that I have some experience with this, I would never judge a woman for changing to formula. All I want to do now is give her a bottle to fill her up and then get some sleep. The only thing stopping me from doing that is a call from a friend today who went through this exact same ordeal. Giving her baby a bottle every night resulted in him eventually preferring the bottle and her milk supply decreasing. Her advice was to keep on trucking and avoid the bottle. I appreciated her call and I'm going to take her advice for one week. If things don't improve, I will consider supplementing with a bottle every evening. Even if Grace is gaining weight and doing well, I want to feel decent every day so I can be a good mom.