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The return of AF...

clwheelclwheel member
edited October 2014 in Breastfeeding

This might be a little wordy so I apologize from the beginning :)

I'm a FTM so I have some questions. It appears that the dreaded AF has decided to start making her monthly visits again, yuck.

I had noticed a slight dip in my supply this week while pumping at work, along with moodiness and the need for chocolate (lol), so I'm not entirely surprised for her visit. Is the dip usually temporary or permenant? I currently am over producing so I had just talked to the LC about dropping a pumping session at work. Today has been the lowest I've pumped and it's still plenty to feed DD but I was trying to figure out if I should stay at 3 pumps durring the day or drop to the 2 I talked to the LC about.

Thanks :)

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Re: The return of AF...

  • clwheelclwheel member
    edited October 2014

    Any idea how long I should expect the dip to last?

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    Thanks :)

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  • clwheelclwheel member
    Does the calcium and magnesium just help with low supply?  I had an over supply to begin with some even with the dip I'm still producing enough so not sure if I would need it? I had actually spoken about dropping a pump at work since I was producing so much.

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    thank you!!!

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  • clwheelclwheel member

    @Casey78 - with the dip for ovulation did you see it during your "peak" ovulation days? I looked at a calendar to see when my peak days were (mostly because I don't want to get KU again yet lol). I'm seeing a bit of a dip today but I'm about 4 days past peak. Thought it might be a little bit late but maybe my cycle isn't totally back to normal.

    As for the supplement - any issues/affects on little one with that?

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  • clwheelclwheel member

    Thanks! I just realized I'm basically a week before AF is scheduled to show. I went back to some other previous posts and saw you mentioned you noticed a dip about a week before - is that right?

    I noticed obvious signs of ovulation the end of last week, which the calendar said was peak time. I'm just trying to decide if I take the dip and use some of my frozen since I have plenty or take supplements to boost.

    AF is always such a PITA!!!

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