I've noticed over the past couple months my supply dipping.
I am a breastfeeding mom who works full time, so I have to pump.
LO has not been eating for as long when I'm home(I'm lucky if I get 10 minutes out of her), so i was wondering if that was a factor.
I used to get about 8-9oz my first pump at work, and another 3oz or more each pump after that. Now I get about 3-4oz my first pump, and only 2 at MOST the other 2 pumps at work.
I've tried:
Lactation cookies with brewers yeast & flaxseed
Gatorade
MORE water (I already drink 8+glasses a day)
An extra pumping session before bed.
Pumping on the opposite breast while LO eats.
Flaxseed in my oatmeal (i now have 2 packets a day to try to help).
And NOTHING is helping.
I really don't know what to do.
LO is 10 months old, so I'm not even entirely sure my supply should be any more than it is. As a FTM all I see is my supply tanking and I'm panicking. I want to BF at least until she's 2 years old.
Does anyone have any suggestions or advice?
Thank you!!
Re: Low milk supply! Help!!
The stuff worked for me, brought me back up to 4oz per session from 2oz, i think if I had committed to adding an extra pumping session it would have worked even better. And I only took it for about a month and a half. I just finally weaned at 9.5 months cause LO was super disinterested, distracted and also because I started to really, really hate pumping at work.
FWIW I did a bunch of reading on the stuff and I think it's a much better bet than Reglan. Doesn't cross the blood/brain barrier or have side effects like extreme fatigue or depression.
• I get a new pump since mine is several years old and is doing some weird stuff
• Try my best to pump every 4 hours regardless of amount because we need the stimulation
• Reglan
@klirwin82 unless you're a physician it's probably not the best thing to prescribe medications to strangers on the internet.