I think I recieved bad supply advice..

MISHIMISH3 · March 2013

Because now my supply has dropped.. alot. =[ I am EP and was pumping around 6oz each sessions every 3hours. Now, I might get 3oz every 2-3 hours(trying to pump more often).
The advice I recieved was to pump 1 to 1.5oz to relieve pressure from engorgement as often as I needed to throughout the day. I did this for about 36hours and resumed back to my 3hour scheduled routine (crossing my fingers to receive the same amount per session, just not be engorged.) This whole process started on Tuesday with a call to a local lactation consultant.

How do I get my supply back and running?
-I'm going to consume alot more water.
-What about Brewers Yeast? I can take this in pill form, rather than having to bake?
Please help. tia

danabsd · March 2013

Definetly drink water, eat you need the calories. You can take Fenugreek. I eat oatmeal and just put brewers yeast on it. The cookies are very fattening.
Also, look back on some threads about EPing. You will find some good information on second letdowns and breast compressions.
HTH

linzeek44 · March 2013

When you were pumping to relieve engorgement, were you pumping at other times to empty the breast?

Gotta move milk to make milk. It sounds like you weren't moving a lot of milk, so your body thought you didn't need it to make a lot.

Things to try: fenugreek, oatmeal, brewer's yeast, flaxseed, mother's milk tea, more milk plus, goat's rue, power pumping for an hour, drink a Guinness...

tokenhoser · March 2013

You can't make 6 oz every 3 hours (48 oz/day), around the clock, and be comfortable. You had an oversupply and got advice to reduce it. That worked - you now produce less milk. If you don't want to produce less milk, you have to remove it more often or deal with the discomfort.

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