April 2013 Moms
manda82585
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Quickest way to increase milk supply?? Help! :(
manda82585
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So my mother's day present was mastitis. Doc called me in a prescription for antibiotics early Sunday morning, unfortunately, those antibiotics didn't work and I continued to get worse. The infection spread to my other boob which ended up getting a lot worse than the original side. Doc sent me to triage at the hospital last night and they switched my meds. Anyway, getting to the point... I had a high fever and got pretty dehydrated. As a result, my milk supply has suffered big time. I really want to be able to continue breastfeeding, but we had to dig deep into my stash of frozen milk through this ordeal because baby hasdnt been getting enough from just me over the past couple days. I go back to work next week and need the quickest fix possible to get my supply to go waayy up. I've been pumping every 2 hours for at least 20 mins each time and baby is still nursing too, so hopefully the frequency of all of that will help somewhat. I've seen posts about lactation cookies, fenugreek, mothers milk tea, etc. What is the quickest way to increase my supply?
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Re: Quickest way to increase milk supply?? Help! :(
I'm only getting about one ounce from each breast every 2 hours..half of what I was getting before. My baby will be 5 weeks tomorrow. I have really been trying to increase my water intake today so hopefully that will help some. Tomorrow I'm going to get to the vitamin store and pick up some of those supplements..wanted to go today but leaving the house just hasn't happened for me yet today. DH came home wanting a baby worry-free nap..think I might go the same route once he wakes up. Thanks for the suggestions ladies!