Decreased supply in one breast only

kwill3104 · July 2013

Lately I have had a signficant decrease in my supply from ONE breast only. Has this happened to anyone else before? Since my other breast doesn't seem to be affected I thought it might have something to do with my pump so I have tried switching the hooks up, etc but that doesn't seem to help matters. I used to be able to get 5-6 ounces from each breast at my first pump of the day but now I am only getting about half of that from my left breast. I continue to take my Fenugreek, drink plenty of water, etc. Any ideas?

jasherlove · July 2013

My left breast has always been lazy compared to my right breast. Rightie brings in double what leftie does each time I pump.

SarahinMD · July 2013

How old is LO? Are you pumping enough to feed LO while away? I've never had a drastic change in one, but always had a major difference between the two.

kwill3104 · July 2013

LO is 7 1/2 months and I pump enough to feed him most days and have about a 2 month supply in the freezer at home for supplementing. My right has always produced more but not by this much!

MrsWilson2013 · July 2013

My left is always less productive than the right, i think it is because LO favored the right for the first few days before we switched to EP'ing. I just leave the pump hooked up to the less productive side 1-2 minutes longer than the other to signal my body to up the production for that one.

cgregory81 · July 2013

Could you have a clogged duct?

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