Ladies taking Fenugreek....

Re: Ladies taking Fenugreek....

• IBackBevo member

  November 2012

  You have to take ALOT for it to work. If you don't smell like maple syrup, it isn't enough.  I think I took about 7-9 a day.  However, when I took enough for it to actually help my milk production, it gave both me and LO HORRIBLE gas so I had to stop taking them.

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• noelikae23

  November 2012

  I think I took about 12 pills a day

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• mamayo26 member

  November 2012

  I only took 4 pills a day and it worked fine for me. Until I stopped BFing. Have you tried anything else like oatmeal (the real stuff not instant) or the mother's milk tea?

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• sarah62584 member

  November 2012

  NSYoder26:

  I only took 4 pills a day and it worked fine for me. Until I stopped BFing. Have you tried anything else like oatmeal (the real stuff not instant) or the mother's milk tea?

  I have not tried the tea because I heard it was gross. I do eat a lot of oatmeal but its not the real stuff. I guess I can try that with fenugreek. 
  

  
  
  
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• sarah62584 member

  November 2012

   Ok I need to play catch up! I'll up it this weekend and see what happens. I am just getting a bit discouraged because my LO is eating more and more with each day and I just cant keep up. I already supplement with some formula and for some reason it makes me sad to do that. My husband even asked me why it bothered me to give her formula because plenty of kids are formula fed and are fine. Which is sooo true! I am not anti formula. I told him that it was because I have been working so hard at pumping 6-8 times a day and feel bummed out that I still have to supplement with all my hard work. Here is hoping for a productive weekend!
  

  
  
  
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• cedenton member

  November 2012

  I'm taking 12 domperidone, 9 fenugreek, 6 brewers yeast, 9 blessed thistle and drinking Mother's Milk Tea (no idea why anyone would say it's gross, it tastes fine to me).

  Of course I still have crappy supply, but doesn't mean it won't work for you. 

  
  

  

  
  

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• NapJunkie member

  November 2012

  I took 3 pills 3x a day for about two weeks, but then I stopped because it made me stink of curry.  Most women report smelling like maple syrup, but not me.  I got the nasty curry smell.  I finally stopped taking it when LO started to smell like curry too.  I didn't notice a huge improvement in my milk supply so the stench just wasn't worth it to me.

  I've heard that Mother's Milk tea tastes fine, but the Fenugreek tea is really nasty. 

  

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• candaceleigh21

  November 2012

  I took 3 fenugreek 3 times a day and 2
  Blessed Thistle 2 times a day

  

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• lynde129 member

  November 2012

  i take 4 pills 3x a day and notice an improvement when i take them after about a week.  i also have the mothers milk tea and dont mind the taste( i always drink any tea plain- no sugar or milk).  i also think it depends on the brand- but this is my opinion and may not be true for others but when  i bought fenugreek pills at walmart i did not notice as much of increase as when i used the brand from the natural foods store or when i ordered the natures way brand off diapers.com.

  

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• cubuff98 member

  November 2012

  3 pills 3 times a day worked for me.  Once I noticed my supply increased, I went down to 3 pills 2 times a day and will up it when I see a decrease in supply. 

  

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