EPing - Suddenly Having Trouble Keeping Up?

theboki

I EP and suddenly I'm having trouble keeping up with what DD needs.  I had a tough, stressful week where my supply seemed to drop immensely.  I went through most of my stash at that time.  Now my supply seems to be getting almost back to normal, but I still seem to be having trouble keeping up with what she needs to eat.  She may be going through a growth spurt, I don't know.  But I do know that my supply used to be a lot better than this.  I keep thinking *maybe* my period is coming back, but it has not yet.  Has anyone gone through this?  If so, what did you do, and did it get better?  I already take motilium and fenugreek.  This is starting to worry me.  I want to feed her BM for much longer than this.

sapphire1751

This happened to me too.  I took the fenugreek religiously, and made myself the Mother's Milk tea too.  One of my friends, who is also a NICU nurse, told me that she has the NICU mom's go on a "pumping vacation" if their supply starts to drop.  I gave it a try and it did seem to increase my supply again at the time.  Basically, I pumped every two hours, around the clock for 2 - 3 days.  I was exhausted, but it did help my supply increase back to where I needed it.  I slowly backed off the every two hours to 3 - 4 hours over the next day, and then finally cut out the middle of the night session again, and it seem to hold for awhile longer.  Good luck! 

theboki

sapphire1751:

This happened to me too.  I took the fenugreek religiously, and made myself the Mother's Milk tea too.  One of my friends, who is also a NICU nurse, told me that she has the NICU mom's go on a "pumping vacation" if their supply starts to drop.  I gave it a try and it did seem to increase my supply again at the time.  Basically, I pumped every two hours, around the clock for 2 - 3 days.  I was exhausted, but it did help my supply increase back to where I needed it.  I slowly backed off the every two hours to 3 - 4 hours over the next day, and then finally cut out the middle of the night session again, and it seem to hold for awhile longer.  Good luck! 

theboki

sapphire1751:

This happened to me too.  I took the fenugreek religiously, and made myself the Mother's Milk tea too.  One of my friends, who is also a NICU nurse, told me that she has the NICU mom's go on a "pumping vacation" if their supply starts to drop.  I gave it a try and it did seem to increase my supply again at the time.  Basically, I pumped every two hours, around the clock for 2 - 3 days.  I was exhausted, but it did help my supply increase back to where I needed it.  I slowly backed off the every two hours to 3 - 4 hours over the next day, and then finally cut out the middle of the night session again, and it seem to hold for awhile longer.  Good luck! 

theboki

Thanks, Sapphire.  I will give this a try.

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