Pumping supply/intro to whole milk

meghan7319 · September 2014

So I've been seeing a depletion in my supply when pumping and I knew my supply would do that as Layla got older but I find it so frustrating. She will be 11 months on Wednesday and I really want to make it to a year of pumping and giving her breast milk but I don't know if that will actually happen. Any chance of trying to increase my supply for the month before I start weaning from pumping? If I can't make it, do i start supplementing with whole milk or formula? Is it kind of silly to supplement with formula this late in the game and so close to her 1st birthday?

ndmcgirr · September 2014

Following this! I'm in the same situation. Mine will be 11 months on Tuesday.

LittleBabyG2013 · September 2014

I went back to work 6 weeks before her 1st bday.. I never really pumped before so i got only 1-2oz when I tried. So we just started her on whole milk n I nursed her am, dinner and before bed.

Kdanson · September 2014

DD is also 11 months on Tuesday and I go back to work tomorrow , 12 hour shifts. I've never gotten a huge amount from pumping and won't really have a place to pump at work.

Anyway, her doctor said it was better to just go to WCM at this point than to go to formula for a month. Better than upsetting her tummy twice he said.

jennlin · September 2014

You can increase your supply, but if your goal (and you're happy with) one year, then there is no point really. I would just start spiking the pumped milk with WCM.

meghan7319 · September 2014

1 year was my ultimate goal but if I can increase my supply to get past then I would definitely want to try and do that. Any suggestions on how to increase supply? I found all of these lactation cookie and smoothie recipes. Any idea if these work?

jennlin said:
You can increase your supply, but if your goal (and you're happy with) one year, then there is no point really. I would just start spiking the pumped milk with WCM.

jennlin · September 2014

meghan7319 said:

1 year was my ultimate goal but if I can increase my supply to get past then I would definitely want to try and do that. Any suggestions on how to increase supply? I found all of these lactation cookie and smoothie recipes. Any idea if these work?
You can increase your supply, but if your goal (and you're happy with) one year, then there is no point really. I would just start spiking the pumped milk with WCM.

every body responds differently. personally, i respond to mother's milk tea very well (https://www.amazon.com/Traditional-Medicinals-Organic-Mothers-16-Count/dp/B0009F3POY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411392620&sr=8-1&keywords=mother's+milk+organic+tea)

there are plenty of other herbs/supplements/food that help, fenugreek, blessed thistle, oatmeal, flax seed....check out this article, the bottom third or so of the page:

https://kellymom.com/bf/got-milk/supply-worries/low-supply/

meghan7319 · September 2014

jennlin said:

meghan7319 said:

1 year was my ultimate goal but if I can increase my supply to get past then I would definitely want to try and do that. Any suggestions on how to increase supply? I found all of these lactation cookie and smoothie recipes. Any idea if these work?
jennlin said:
You can increase your supply, but if your goal (and you're happy with) one year, then there is no point really. I would just start spiking the pumped milk with WCM.

every body responds differently. personally, i respond to mother's milk tea very well (https://www.amazon.com/Traditional-Medicinals-Organic-Mothers-16-Count/dp/B0009F3POY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411392620&sr=8-1&keywords=mother's+milk+organic+tea)

there are plenty of other herbs/supplements/food that help, fenugreek, blessed thistle, oatmeal, flax seed....check out this article, the bottom third or so of the page:

https://kellymom.com/bf/got-milk/supply-worries/low-supply/

Thank you!! This is awesome!!!

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