Breastfeeding drama [my breast needs rest]

Well we are learning and learning on this breastfeeding thing. After our meeting with the lactation consultant, we felt very confident in our ability to feed our baby. Once we got home it was a different story. Its so much harder at home for some reason. And I honestly thought I had a really good grasp on what I needed to do. I think we are still latching incorrectly at times, and he only gets a full 3oz at my first morning feeding when he's gone 6-7 hours between feedings. At his other feedings he's getting 1.5 - 2 oz and we are having to supplement to make up the difference. The worst part of this supplementation is that we are supplementing with pumped milk....pumped milk that comes from each of these feedings. If I am pumping enough to finish the feeding, why isn't he able to pull it out on his own? It has to be something with my latch. He is only effectively sucking part of the time it seems.

I am pumping 15 minutes after every feeding and another 15 minutes in between feedings. I am also taking fenugreek and eating oatmeal 3 times a week or more, as well as trying to have a couple of dark beers during the week, all to try and get my supply up. Granted, it hasn't been a week yet, but it is frustrating all the same. I would like to be able to feed my baby w/o having to break out a bottle of breastmilk. At the rate we are going I don't know what I will do when I go back to work the first week because I won't have any extra milk pumped! Its honestly making it more stressful, so I am trying not to think about it since that will probably effect my supply too.

My one complaint about Potomac Hospital stems from this issue that we are having. They have little to no breastfeeding support available for new mothers. I feel like if we had had help with latching and technique from day one, I wouldn't be suffering the supply issues I am now.

This site has been particularly helpful to me in these struggles:

Breastfeeding Videos

as well as:

kellymom