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bfing/pumping moms- supply help
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sal79
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bfing/pumping moms- supply help
DS is almost 7 months. ebf till now. well,with some solids recently. got my period about a month ago. since hten. supply has been going way down. i also got much busier at work- i used to pump twice at work, now only once.
i WOHM 3x a week. the days i'm home, i bf only- usually, but lately hes been fussy at boob, a few times i've given him a bottle of pumped milk after.
I have about 200 ounces inthe freezer, but i know that will go fast.
current schedule- work days
7:30/8- nurse
8:30- pump
1ish- pump at owrk
6:45 - nurse ds
4/5 am- nurse ds
on days i am home, i nurse whenever- he usually goes for 5 mintues or so every couple of hours. wiht nanny, he is eating every 3-4 hours, i dont htink he takes in as much when he nurses.
i need ideas/help for increasing supply. I BF dd till she was 13 months, and we never had an issue.
the irony of it all- for the first 3 months, i had major oversupply issues. i cant win. 
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Posted 2/9/10 2:40 PM  |
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CaMacho
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Re: bfing/pumping moms- supply help
What about pumping twice at work (maybe 11am and 2pm) instead of just once at 1pm?
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| Posted 2/9/10 2:42 PM |
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sal79
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Re: bfing/pumping moms- supply help
Posted by CaMacho
What about pumping twice at work (maybe 11am and 2pm) instead of just once at 1pm?
i used to pump arond 12 and 3, and some days i still can. btu most days- its incredibly usy lately, and i jsut dont have the chance
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| Posted 2/9/10 2:45 PM |
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jlk51496
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Re: bfing/pumping moms- supply help
are you drinking A LOT of water....
I took fenugreek (3 pills/3 times a day) to up my supply bec I pumped a lot more than I nursed and lasted a year
Can you pump after you feed your DC to trick your body into thinking it needs to make more...can you pump a couple hrs after you DC goes down for the night..I used to pump rt before I went to bed .. and then that was all extra..
same with the first in the morning feed..I would nurse off off one and pump the other..again all extra!
good luck! The last 3 months I was pumping only three times a day and was pumping enough to get through each day...so with persistence..it is poss
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| Posted 2/9/10 2:55 PM |
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bpmom
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Re: bfing/pumping moms- supply help
I agree with Camacho to pump more than 1x at work....
How long are you pumping for? If you increase the time you pump for at each session, that might help, too.
Mother's Milk tea worked very well for me -- 2 cups/day increased my supply with older DS by at least 30%.
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| Posted 2/9/10 3:55 PM |
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