Andi Dorfman reveals the real reason her newborn daughter Harper is 'fully formula fed'
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Andi Dorfman got candid about exclusively feeding her three-week-old daughter Harper formula.
On Thursday, the 37-year-old Bachelorette alum took to her Instagram Story to reveal that she feeds her newborn Bub brand grass-fed cow milk based power as well as goat-milk based powder formula.
The star explained that fans had slid into her DM's asking if she had been breastfeeding her baby girl to which she said: 'Okay, first and foremost, my sister and I both were formula-fed babies. So I feel like that was kind of always within my plan.
'And then I was going to use the breast pump in order to feed her breast milk, and that way I knew how much she was getting.'
The new mother said that after giving birth, Harper was rushed to the NICU where she was limited to formula, changing the star's plans to breastfeed as her baby had grown accustom to the powder mix.
And to add on top of that, she struggled to get her breast milk to fully come in.
Andi Dorfman got candid about exclusively feeding her three-week-old daughter Harper formula; Andi, Harper and Blaine seen in December 2024
'So I, in the hospital, tried to pump but my milk had not come in yet,' Dorfman bravely admitted.'
'She was actually doing really well on the formula so we brought a lot of that home from the hospital. I tried to pump a couple times when we got home and my milk supplies still had not come in yet.'
The brunette vixen continued, 'So we just kept on the formula. And then, big wrench got thrown in the plans — as you know, I ended up having to have surgery myself. So that, I feel like, kind of stalled the pumping as well.'
In the clip, she referred to her horrifying hospitalization just a week after welcoming her baby in late December of 2024 — undergoing an operation to remove two hematomas.
The former reality star — who welcomed her baby girl with husband Blaine Hart just weeks ago — shared she attempted to pump breastmilk 'one or two more times' but was unsuccessful, to her dismay.
'Weird part is I never had pain,' she explained. 'I didn’t have any engorgements, I didn’t have those side effects that people talk about when they stop pumping.
'I just kind of skipped over that. I don’t know if that’s because my milk supply just never came in and wasn’t going to or if I kind of missed the window of opportunity or honestly if it was just the plan making its own plan. But here we are.'
She also briefly addressed the age-long stigma between siding with breastfeeding or formula feeding.
She took to her Instagram Story to reveal that she feeds her newborn Bub brand grass-fed cow milk based power as well as goat-milk based powder formula
The star explained that fans had slid into her DM's asking if she had been breastfeeding her baby girl - which was her initial plan; Andi, Harper and Blaine seen in December 2024
The new mother said that after giving birth, Harper was rushed to the NICU where she was limited to formula, and baby had grown accustom to the powder mix; Andi and Harper seen in December 2024
To add on top of that, she struggled to get her breast milk to fully come in; Blaine and Harper seen in December 2024
Dorfman met her husband in 2016 at a college party via mutual friends, but didn't start dating until late 2021; seen June 2024
In 2023, the TV personality revealed that she had frozen her eggs because she was certain she wanted to have a child but did not want to 'settle'; seen February 2020
'I don’t know why there’s so much judgment and stigma when it comes to breastfeeding or formula feeding or not doing one or the other. But that’s my story. We’re sticking to it,' she shared.
When revealing her family had grown to a party-of-three, Dorfman shared that her intense labor was a grueling 28-hours long. She and The Stakelander star announced they were pregnant back in August of 2024 and posed with sonogram photos, showing off their bun in the oven.
In 2023, the TV personality revealed that she had frozen her eggs because she was certain she wanted to have a child but did not want to 'settle.'
'I have zero regrets about freezing my eggs,' she told E! News at the time, saying, 'It kept me from settling.
'I do want kids, and I'm not in denial about age. And I’ll be 36 hopefully by the time my first kid is even born, probably 37 honestly. And just to have that in the back of my mind, I think, kept my standards high,' she shared.
Dorfman met her husband in 2016 at a college party via mutual friends, but didn't start dating until late 2021. He attended Furman University and she studied at Louisiana State University.
He popped the question in March of 2022 with a with a 5-carat diamond on the beach. They said 'I do' in a lavish three-day celebration in Sorrento, Italy on May 31, 2023.
Dorfman appeared as the lead on the tenth season of the Bachelorette and was a contestant on the eighteenth season of The Bachelor.
