Someone please help me!!! I've tried EVERYTHING and my supply will NOT increase. My daughter turned 12 weeks yesterday and I've been trying to EBF since the beginning. I've had issues and had to FF since she had a bad latch and her tongue tie was too much. I dealt with hyperlactation and breast engorgement since my milk came in. Then after she turned a month, my supply dropped so much that I almost dried up. I've tried tea, taking supplements, pumping after nursing, power pumping, expressing whenever she had one breast but wouldn't take the other, expressing after pumping, I drink water, I even take Reglan(which has worked but not as much as I expected it to or wanted it to). I supplement as little as possible. She pees and poops everyday but not as much as she does formula. After a couple of hours after bottle feeding with formula, she will have the wettest diaper. She sleeps through nights so in the morning I expect her to have a heavy, wet diaper from breastfeeding and falling asleep on the breast. I have diapers with wetness indicators. After sleeping that full night, it'll only be half blue and very light. She seems to get what she needs/wants every other feeding. This one will be fine, the next won't be close to enough but the one after that will be. If not, then the one after that. I'm trying to EBF but no matter what I do, my supply will NOT increase. I do not want to formula feed. There's nothing wrong with it, I know, but I just don't want to. At all. I'm getting so depressed, if anyone else has any other options for me, please comment your opinions. But I've tried pretty much everything. I've seen a LC and she said the reason why little to nothing comes out when I pump is because my flow is influenced by her saliva, which I've heard of plenty of times before, but it makes things SO difficult. I pumoed for SO long after recently getting prescribed Reglan and for the first time since her first month, I was able to get some out. But it was barely up to 3 oz.
I don't have any advice for you but there is this group on Facebook called milky mommys that im apart of and its about breastfeeding and pumping. Maybe someone in that group can help you.
Yesterday I went out with my boyfriend went to watch a movie, me and him don't live together yet. but point is yesterday when he was dropping me off his like sleep over at my house witch the mom and dad lives. I said no,
his response was why is everyone deciding or making choices for you and their going to do the same with the baby, when I know that's not true. what he thinks is that my mom tells me not to sleep over. So he left all mad. and I felt in my heart that he went on and cheated on me...
Short Luteal Phase?
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Transgender children
So I just learned that in my kids school district (my kids aren't in school yet my oldest will be starting kindergarten next September) there are twin boys who identify as girls. They are 5 years old. What's your opinions on this matter given they are 5!!! I don't believe that at that age they really understand the whole thing. So the entire school had to take a course on how to handle transgender children. For example they can't say girls go this or boys do that. What are...
Starting TWW. Anyone else?
I had a stillborn daughter at 38 weeks this passed Nov. This is my second month ttc. (Last month we only tried for like two weeks though). My last and only pregnancy, I got pregnant the first month of ttc so I hope it's quick this time again.
Literally no reason to pump then so I'd just quit altogether. I'd also suggest quitting the reglan. Keep nursing but meanwhile:
Make sure you're getting enough calories a day, at least 2000
Staying hydrated
Start moringa supplement
Nettle supplement
Goats rue
Brewers yeast
Baobab powder
Sunflower lecithin
Shatavari
Fish oil
Multivitamin or prenatal
You can try motherlove "special blend" but that's the only supplement I'd recommend.
If you're interested in these things I can give more info, dosing and recipe info.
Unfortunately you'd have to stop supplementing completely to see If your milk comes back well. If she isn't making enough diapers without supplement though you should continue.