Low Supply Check-In

glasgow_girl · November 2010

This is a weekly check in where ladies who are dealing with a low supply of breastmilk can share their successes and get support for their challenges and difficult days.

If you are looking for supply boosting ideas here is a link to a great post that JenniferJaneC posted rating all of the supply boosters she has tried. Here is a recipe for lactation cookies and here is a recipe for lactation banana bread.

Here is the link to the Motherlove webpage. They are the makers of More Milk Plus and More Milk Special Blend. There is also a store locator on their site so you can find the closest place to you to buy it.

How are you doing this week ladies?

nycnola · November 2010

Lets see...last week I got mastitis, this week I got a yeast infection in my boobs, my supply totally dropped and I freaked out and bought more domperidone, but I think it only feel because I was sick, because it sort if bounced back, although lower than before, and now I am back on dom.

Side note- a girlfriend of mine had some domperidone in preparation for her baby being born so I am "borrowing" hers until mine arrives from inhouse. HER domperidone came to them in a little plastic baggie with all the pills loose inside of it. Where else do you ladies buy your dom that it looks like that? I knew it was safe because her partner had already taken some and she had no side effects and started lactating.

glasgow_girl · November 2010

Had some drama yesterday when my pump quit first thing in the morning. I have a hand pump, but knew there would be no way I could match my normal output.

I put a call in to a local breastfeeding supply store, and they not only had a pump to rent to me, but they delivered it to my work! It wasn't until after lunch that I got it, and stupidly, hadn't brought my supplies with me, so I tried to catch up after LO had gone to bed.

I managed to get enough to make 2 of her 3 daycare bottles, and had a bag in my freezer stash to make up the 3rd.

Today is looking like my supply has dropped just a little - I've pumped about 4oz so far. (3 pumping sessions)

We shall see - I really don't want to have to switch to formula this close to a year, we go to the doc on the 15th, so he'll voice his opinion then!

nabiasi · November 2010

I'm beat... The days I come into the office I need to pump enough for five feedings (25oz total).. thankfully right now I'm only required to come in two days a week.. but not sure how long my boss will allow this. So far today with 4 pumping sessions at work I got 12oz. I've been waking up once a night to pump and generally get between 5 and 8 oz so that is how I'm staying "afloat" - and starting a little freezer stockpile. Not sure how long I can keep up with the middle of the night pumping sessions and the quantities DS is requiring though! I'm so frickin exhausted I need toothpicks to keep my eyelids open. I really feel like having the opportunity to work remotely is the only way I'm succeeding... once I come back 5 days in office.. I don't know what I'm going to do.. ughh. Thanks for listening to me whine!

lite-bright · November 2010

Doing all right. DD2 actually STTN last night for the first time in months!

I woke up before she did b/c I was full and uncomfortable, but then she nursed as much as she wanted and I still pumped almost five ounces afterwards! That's huge for me, I think it's the most I've ever pumped.

I'm keeping up with a low dose of fenugreek (6 capsules/day) and I think that's helping me maintain things. DD2 is back to wanting all of her daily 6-oz pumped bottle (for awhile she was only drinking 3-4 oz of it). She is getting very enthused about solids as well, so I'm feeling like there's a little less pressure on being her sole food source. Most days I'm only doing 2-3 pumping sessions instead of 4-5 to get that 6-oz bottle, which is a definite improvement.

Overall, I'm feeling pretty positive. We're going to be heading home for my sister's wedding in a few weeks and I'm not sure how that's going to go, with squeezing in pumping and nursing and DD2's daily bottle (she really loves it, so skipping it will not go over well) and I'm a little nervous about that.

But at least I'm going into it from a good place, and hopefully it'll go smoothly.

cg0112358 · November 2010

About two weeks ago I was struggling just to get enough milk to make two 5-oz bottles a day for DS. I was taking domperidone (for about 3 weeks at that point), brewer's yeast, and drinking mother's milk tea regularly. Somewhere between then and now my supply has slowly been inching upward. DS is still getting two 5-oz bottles a day but now I have six 5-oz bottles in the fridge!!! I'm still only getting between 1.5 and 2.5 ounces per pumping session but it's still adding up so that I have enough left over I'm going to start replacing some of his formula bottles on the weekend. Hopefully my supply will continue to go up so I can maybe, eventually, stop supplementing

Allie30 · November 2010

The past two days, I've been doing all of her night feedings EBF. I've been consistently pumping 1.5-2 oz per session, though I haven't pumped yet today! Oops.

tiweibel · November 2010

Things had been going so well but my dom ran out on Monday am and the new shipment that we ordered nearly 10 days ago hasn't arrived yet. Stupid of me to wait so long before re-ordering. I do feel less full but so far it doesn't seem to be a problem with LO (knocks on wood)--she fusses a little at the breast at times but when I offer her pumped BM from my freezer stash she refuses it. I'm hoping I still have an adequate supply to hold her over until it arrives any day now.

I do have mother's milk special blend but I think the fenugreek in it is what caused a lot of fussiness/diarrhea last week, so I don't want to resort to it unless desperate.

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