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6 Month Slump?

crsanchez87crsanchez87 member
in Babies: 6 - 9 Months
Hi Guys, 

I just wanted to post about something I am experiencing and ask for any others opinions or to support those also  dealing with this. For the past two weeks or so I've been experiencing a decrease in supply. I pump while I'm at work for DS' daycare bottles and pump once before I go to bed. Where I used to pump at least 4 oz per sessions, I am  now only getting about 2. Even my morning pump which used to be my most productive of the day, At my before bed pump I am lucky to be getting .5 oz. I found this website which called it the 6 month slump and was encouraging but I dont know how reliable the source is, so I wanted to reach out and see if anyone else was experiencing or has experienced this?

Thank you in advance!

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Re: 6 Month Slump?

  • Pumpkin91407Pumpkin91407 member
    I don't really pump much just 1-2 times a day but I feel like when I do it has been less. I used to get 1oz for each hour it had been since lo nursed but now it's like 3/4 oz per hour or so. My lo is 6m too so maybe it is the same thing. I had chalked it up to him eating less frequently and introducing solids.
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  • bustysinclarebustysinclare member
    Have you tried fenugreek? My supply dropped returning to work and taking fenugreek really helped. I was getting about 2 oz on one boob & 1 on the other - and now I'm getting like 3OZ & 2OZ again

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  • crsanchez87crsanchez87 member
    That is my next step, I'm going to take that along with blessed thistle and see if it helps, I just have to get to a health food store. Thanks for the advice!
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  • crsanchez87crsanchez87 member
    I made the booby bites from pinterest. They are delicious, I replaced chocolate chips with dried blueberries, added some pecans, and upped the brewers yeast and I love them! They are sweet, but not too sweet which was my fear with the choc. I also picked up a herbal supplement from my local health store, they are capsules and they have fenugreek, blessed thistle, goats rue, and a couple of other herbs that I have seen as supply boosting. I like them because the recommendation is once a day which is easy for me to remember and keep up with. I don't know if it's placebo effect or if it the boosters already kicking in but I've pumped three times today and I've gotten 4 ounces each time, which is definitely an improvement over the 2 ounces I was getting!
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