what was your approach to increase milk supply?

Watergirl21 · August 2010

Tell me what you did to increase you bm supply?

also did anyone find that the mini pill affected their supply/

jaisah · August 2010

I find the more milk plus capsules/liquid by Motherlove works great. I also drink warm/hot liquids (water, hot chocolate, juice, etc) and oatmeal to help greatly. I've had issues with my supply in the 1st two wks of LO's life that resulted in her to lose 1lb from her birth weight. So far, I've managed to wean her off of supplementing with formula without affecting her weight. GL!

JanWIBride · August 2010

I tried 1 beer a night worked great! Then bought the tea-Mothers Milk.

kochmcdiarts · August 2010

Fenugreek worked amazingly. I had to stop taking it though. It mad LO really, really gassy and fussy. I just stick to oatmeal now.

laurieb602 · August 2010

Oatmeal and fenugreek and lots of water

and no, mini pill hasn't affected my supply

epona3 · August 2010

mini pill hasn't affected my supply.

i try to eat lots of whole grains, protein and drink TONS of water. i think the beer a day helps, too

I also pump once a day, i don't know if that helps or not. it's not in place of a feeding, though - it's for my freezer stash.

Ana35 · August 2010

In addition to drinking Mother's Milk tea, taking fenugreek capsules and staying as hydrated as possible, I like to drink malta. Malta has the color and consistency of Guinness but is non alcoholic; I'm convinced that the barley, malt and hops in it help increase supply and it's one of my favorite drinks anyway:-)

Emily.Thorne · August 2010

I notice a huge difference when I snack on granola (mostly made of oats). Bonus is that its a somewhat healthy snack and fills you up! Just cant bring myself to eat oatmeal when its 90 degrees out

mandapie · August 2010

lots of water... and pump for a feeding or two... the mini pill has not effected my supply...

**Maggiepoo** · August 2010

I did Fenugreek and oatmeal, both helped me a lot.

dangerkitty102 · August 2010

I started pumping after each feeding for 10 minutes. Even if I felt empty, I just pumped for 10 minutes anyways for the nipple stimulation. Totally worked, and I'm building up a freezer supply now too.