Any EP's ?

leogrl

I have EP from the beginning, but have recently been having a hard time. I have barely been keeping up with their demand and only have 3 bags of milk left in the freezer... I have recently started to do an extra pump a few hours after they go to bed at night, but even with that I can barely keep up, though i think that is what is keeping me from having to go into the last of my freezer stash.... Do I need to start feeding them more solids or something or maybe start pumping every 2-3 hours like I was in the beginning? Any help would be appreciated. TIA

vlahop

I wish I could give you more feedback, but I wanted to let you know that I know how you feel.  I started taking Mother's Milk tea today and I am hoping for some good results.  You can see it on Amazon and the reviews are really good.

 Good luck!

leogrl

hmmm, I have heard of that, let me know how you like it, i'm very interested.  Thanks!

jaymeschmitt

I've been EPing from the beginning too b/c they were both having latching issues and were in the NICU/NIM so pumping was just easier and I knew what they were being fed.  I was having the same supply problem as you a few weeks ago but I tried the pumping for 10 minutes on 10 minutes off for an hour thing to increase my supply.  I did it 2x that week to simulate a growth spurt and I have been able to keep up with them and add to the freezer stash.  I also drink at least one Powerade a day (I get tired of water)...so I'm not sure if either of those is actually effective but something seems to be working!  I've also noticed that the more I stress out about it the less I produce.  Good luck!

marbear81

I EP for my twins for a year..I took fenugreek and blessed thistle to increase my supply. I also drank mothers milk tea.. my LC suggested that I try domperidone.. all of these things helped but there were still times where I needed to supplement with formula and I didn't feel too bad about it because they were still getting BM and I knew I was giving them the most that I could!

Towards the end, I rented a hospital grade pump because my supply dipped and I was worried about reaching my goal.. if you are interested, feel free to read my review on Ameda's Platinum pump: https://mommynewsblog.com/ameda-platinum-hospital-grade-breastpump-review/

I started cereal at 4 months, veggies at 5 months, and fruit at 6 months..putting the babies on solids helped a lot but that is a personal decision so do what you are comfortable with!

how many times are you pumping a day and for how long? I was pumping 8-9 times a day for about 15-20 minutes.

let me know if you have any other questions!

leogrl

jaymeschmitt:

I've been EPing from the beginning too b/c they were both having latching issues and were in the NICU/NIM so pumping was just easier and I knew what they were being fed.  I was having the same supply problem as you a few weeks ago but I tried the pumping for 10 minutes on 10 minutes off for an hour thing to increase my supply.  I did it 2x that week to simulate a growth spurt and I have been able to keep up with them and add to the freezer stash.  I also drink at least one Powerade a day (I get tired of water)...so I'm not sure if either of those is actually effective but something seems to be working!  I've also noticed that the more I stress out about it the less I produce.  Good luck!

 My boys were also in NICU for 6 1/2  weeks and were never able to latch...  so do you do the 10 on 10 off thing every time you pump? or how many times a day?   I would like to try this!

 

leogrl

marbear81:

how many times are you pumping a day and for how long? I was pumping 8-9 times a day for about 15-20 minutes.

let me know if you have any other questions!

I have always only pumped after every time they eat so recently I have only been pumping 4x's a day, though now it's been 5 x's since I started putting in an extra pump after they go to bed at night /

jaymeschmitt

I've only done the 10 on 10 off thing twice in the entire time I've been pumping.  I'm not sure how my pumping schedules compares to other peoples...I feel like I may pump longer than most.  On a normal day I pump 6x times a day for about 35 minutes each time (sometimes work, babies, etc change that a bit) but most times I get enough for a full feeding and if not my first pump of the day is huge so I supplement from that.