Any recommendations to improve supply in the dud?

Re: Any recommendations to improve supply in the dud?

• BootsOrHearts member

  March 2014

  You can try offering the dud side first, then the good side after. You can also pump the dud side for a few minutes after a feeding. I've been able to even out my stud/dud, really by accident. My stud side has a big nipple and with his crappy latch it really hurt to try nursing on that side so I always offered the dud side when we practiced nursing. Even with his crappy milk transfer and poor latch, doing that for a few weeks evened out the two sides.
  

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• CNYBride05 member

  March 2014

  I have twins, so one gets one side, one gets the other, each feed... I pumped today after I felt like they didn't nurse well. Got an ounce on the left and 6 ml on the right.

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• aliceyoshimi member

  March 2014

  i would recommend mother's milk tea.

  i just started drinking it this week and i also have a superboob and a dud, the superboob is maintaining it's status and the dud has been producing more and becoming engorged where it never used to.

  i'm sure pumping the dud a lot will also be helpful but i never had the patience for that and i only have one baby so i'm not sure you'll want to go that route when you've got two to handle!

  
  

  goodluck!

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• CNYBride05 member

  March 2014

  Thanks! I drink MM tea 2-4x/day and I pump 2x/day when I'm with the girls and every 2.5-3 hrs in days when I'm at work.

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  Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
  
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  BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
  Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
  Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)
  
  

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• Cheerbuddyloves her hubby member

  March 2014

  Fennel oil on just the dud. But buy quality kind from say young living or do terra. Or nurse the dud first and last. Or as my LC calls it: offer the third boob. My dud now produces the same amt but still looks smaller. Ugh.

  
  

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• eves1989 member

  March 2014

  Mother's milk tea is a good supplement.
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