How Much is Your Preemie Eating if Breastfeeding?

[mommy2be412]

If you are breastfeeding - How much is your preemie eating and how often, what gestation were they born at and how old are they now?

My little one was born at 34 weeks exactly, is now 11 days old and eats approximately every 3 hours. I have to pump and she eats breastmilk from the bottle and her eating varies quite a bit, sometimes it will be as little as 25ml (cc's) and sometimes as high as 70ml (cc's). Just wondering if that is normal and if feeding her at 3 hour intervals is good. Her doctor wants her to take at least 45 every 3 hours.

 

[Eve2012]

My little girl was born at 33 weeks 5 days. She is 12 days old today.

I am pumping to maintain a breast milk supply. she breastfeeds and averages about 20ml per feed off the breast then is fed another 40 to 45 ml of pumped breast milk every four hours by bottle and the remainder is fed by tube.

So she gets 65ml total every four hours. ending is her only issue but everyday she is getting stronger. She was 5.5 lbs at birth.