Breastfeeding Mom Question

[phillymom 1]

Hello Sleeved Moms!

I am scheduled to be sleeved next week and am so excited. I am currently breastfeeding my 4 month old son. He is EBF, but mainly drinks from a bottle after I pump. I have a stock-pile of around 300 ounces of frozen milk for the week of surgery/liquid diet, but am VERY concerned about my milk supply dropping post-op. Please tell me that if I drink and get enough Protein, I will be ok?!?

My goal is to EBF my son till at least 6-7 months.

Any tips or tricks are also appreciated. Thanks!

[skprin 1]

11 years ago I had lap band surgery and was breastfeeding my 9 month old son at the time. I pumped and dumped while I was on medication and when it was safe to resume breastfeeding, we just went right back to where we left off, and I nursed him for about year after. He was 9 months old though, and was eating and drinking other foods at the time. So as far as being able to exclusively feed your baby breast milk....I guess you will just have to see how it goes. It sounds like he can at least take a bottle to supplement if needed.

My 9 month old baby is now almost 12 years old and is a big strong boy! I'll be having a band revision on the 20th!!

Hope everything goes well for you and your baby.

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