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If he is happy on one breast so be it. Some babies are like that... they favor one side. You wont need to supplement because your body will produce what he need even off of that one breast. Now if anything you may want to pump on the other side so it will have milk production too and you can try to trick him by doing different position on the left. All in all he will be fine and healthy just nursing off of one side if he wont take the left. But if you can help it dont supplement. It hurts you from producing. Hope this helps! Good luck!

Hi ssararh777.This is very common. Babies need to learn to accept both breasts. If you persevere in offering the unpreferred breast, he will eventually start to take it. Here's an analogy. Just because they don't like their vegetables doesn't mean they get a pass on not eating them. My dd hated my left breast from the time she was born. My right nipple was so raw and sore from her always taking that one. I kept offering her the left one and after about 3 weeks, she started to show a greater and greater interest. It took probably a good 3 months before she took them with the same interest. It's been 13 months now and I'm still nursing, although much less. I've never had milk production in my left as great as my right but it is still quite adequate.. Try putting him upside down on your left breast---you should see his feet in your face. Your dh will have to help you. One of you holds the breast off his nose, the other holds the feet from kicking you. Sounds strange but it really helps to get them comfortable with the unpreferred breast. Also, for about the first 9 months, I fed my dd off ONE breast for each feeding. I switched back and forth. She was in the 95th percentile for her weight until about a year where she levelled off.

My daughter preferred my left side. But my left side ways the better producer. I also could only let down on the right if I fed on the left first and not vice versa. So she would struggle with the right if I gave it to her first. So my advice would be to do the left when you let down offer the right and just move your breast over and keep the baby in the same spot. This worked for me.

Oh P.S. your baby will get an adequate amount from one breast only because it still works on supply and demand. Continue to have the baby suckle on your other breast to stimulate your supply or you may lose your supply out of that breast.

I've been there! My son did the same thing. Eventually, with LOTS of coaxing, he accepted both. I almost quit nursing because of this, but we made it through. The sooner you can get your little one to comply the better because my breasts were COMPLETELY assymetrical! I actually ended up buying silicon inserts so that I could use one on the left side and where normal clothes!!!!!!!!

hi ther i have a question, i dont know how to start this but ill just ask here??????????????

my 9 month old bit me and the sore on my nipple is small but raw, my husbands told me not to breastfeed on that side because my baby is sick now with something i dont know, so i havent used that side in 2 days been having panadol for the pain of the hardness, my question is will the milk go away, and cad you have 1 breast for feeding and the other without?????