Is there a way I can increase my supply?

sooosie · February 2009

We are not nursing anymore so I pump. We give him formula also but he gets BM throughout the day. Short of adding more pump sessions (I can hardly find the time to do the ones I do now) is there any way to increase the supply? I know I'm not drinking enough - will that help? Or what?

REOM · February 2009

Drink as much water as you can possibly stomach, eat real oatmeal (not instant), Mothers milk tea, Fenugreek, More Milk Plus supplement

AnnapolisLari · February 2009

Water-- I have a 32 oz cup that I fill at least 3-4 times a day.

Oatmeal-- the real stuff, not instant or quick oats. Use old fashioned or steel cut. I notice a difference on the days that I don't eat my oatmeal. I make a big batch of steel cut oats at the beginning of the week, ladle it into 1c containers and pull one out each day.

AnneUCSB · February 2009

Ditto REOM's suggestions! ??

Also, I know it's not the answer you want to hear, but more pumping is really the most effective way to increase your supply. ?Your milk is made on a demand-and-supply system: ?the more you demand from your body (i.e. pumping or, ideally, baby at breast), the more milk your body will know to make. ?You should be pumping 8 times a day and if possible, try a hospital-grade pump, if you are no longer feeding the baby at the breast. ?The home pumps (like Medela PIS or Ameda PY) are "maintenance pumps" and designed for the occasional few pumpings throughout the day to supplement with a bottle. ?A hospital-grade pump is to establish or keep up a supply when baby is not at breast. ?One other consideration is to take Don Peridon, a prescription drug that you can only get through the internet (unless you live in Canada). ?It is VERY helpful in increasing supply. ?Try paging Cleokitty about it- she took it and I think had great results.

Good luck and hang in there!!!?

Zenya · February 2009

Can you pump more frequently but for shorter durations? When I had supply problems I found my supply was much better if I pumped 2oz, 5x day rather than 5oz, 2 times a day (for example).

AnnapolisLari · February 2009

If you want to research it more, the drug is spelled domperidone. HTH

AnneUCSB · February 2009

AnnapolisLari:
If you want to research it more, the drug is spelled domperidone. HTH

Haha! ?I must have had champagne on the brain ?Thanks for the correction!!! ?

sooosie · February 2009

Thanks guys! I will check out all of these things. I really appreciate the suggestions.

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