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Is my milk supply going to dry up if i supplement with formula?

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Maybe: It will decrease proportionately to how much you supplement with formula. The more formula your give baby, the less breast milk you will produce. You can help prevent that by pumping when you are not nursing.

Dr Bouvier and another doctor agreed

Answered 9/28/2016

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