Andy Dorfman
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesAndy Dorfman has taken to social media to explain why her newborn daughter, Harper, is “completely formula fed.”
Dorfman, 37, who gave birth to her first child with her husband Blaine Harton Dec 20, 2024 candidly explained her diet through a series of Instagram stories on Thursday, January 9.
Revealing that fans DM’d her to see if she had breastfed her baby, the ex. Single detailed her condition.
“Well, first of all, my sister and I were both formula-fed babies. So I feel like that was always in my plan,” Dorfman said. “And then I would use the breast pump to feed her breast milk and that way I knew how much she was getting.”
Dorfman said her baby’s unexpected stay in the NICU, where Harper was formula-fed, changed her feeding plans.
“So I, at the hospital, tried to pump, but my milk wasn’t coming in yet,” Dorfman continued. “She was actually doing really well on the formula, so we brought a lot of it home from the hospital. I tried to pump a few times when we got home and my milk supply still hadn’t come in.”
Baby formula of choice by Andi Dorfman
Courtesy of Andi Dorfman/InstagramDorfman continued, “So we just went with the formula. And then, a great grief was thrown into the world – as you know, I ended up having an operation myself. So, I feel like I’ve stopped pumping as well.” The reality TV star was referring to her return to the hospital after being released after giving birth to two hematomas, which are closed wounds where pools of blood cannot drain, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
Dorfman, who married Hart in Italy in May 2023, said she tried to pump “one or two more times” but was unable to produce milk.
“The weird part is that I’ve never had any pain,” Dorfman added. “I haven’t had any cramps, I haven’t had those side effects that people talk about when they stop pumping. I just got over it. I don’t know if it’s because my milk supply just never came in and wouldn’t come in, or if I missed some kind of opportunity or honestly if it was just the plan making its own plan. But here we are.”
Andi Dorfman underwent a “quick/safe procedure” at the hospital less than a week after giving birth. “Well, we’re back! This time for mommy (small bump and needs a quick/safe procedure) but first a quick cuddle with this little one,” Dorfman, 37, wrote via Instagram Story on Saturday, Dec. 28, shared a hospital selfie with (…)
Dorfman added that Harper is thriving as she approaches one month in the world. “I hope this story helps someone,” Dorfman said. “I don’t know why there is so much judgment and stigma when it comes to breastfeeding or formula feeding or not doing one or the other. But this is my story. We stick to it.”
The new mother appeared Juan Pablo GalavisSeason 18 of Bachelor in 2014, before the next one was made Single. In her season, Dorfman got engaged Josh Murray only to be separated from him within months.
