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another judgement on breastfeeding

Everytime I told doctors or friends that I had insufficient milk produce, they didn't believe it. They said I did not try enough. I tried to breastfeed my baby. The first one was failed. She couldn't get exclusively breastfed but she managed to get my breastmilk upto she was 7 months. My second baby now is 6 weeks old. I pumped every 3 hours and got 70-90 ml which I treated it as gold liquid. I envy a friend who told me she produced 150ml in 2 hours. She has the same latch problem but no probs in producing milk. Yesterday i went to pediatrician  taking my baby. When asked about breastfeeding, the doctor was disappointed with my decision to give formula to my son. She said every mother can breastfeed. It broke my heart. I told her all the effort i took. All those supplements, vegetables,  soup, domperidone.. She didn't know what I've been through. She said I was trauma with my first baby and my mindset kept telling me I'm unable to produce milk. Let me s...