Milk supply and Gatorade??
So here I am still working on my supply lol 2.5 mos later...
Good job for trying so hard for this amount of time. I'm in a similar boat, my baby girl Rory did not latch (we tried everything) so I'm exclusively pumping. I usually get 25-30oz a day and she eats 20-25oz a day but wasn't gaining wait. The lack of fats in my milk is the issues rather than the ability to supply it. I have her on a half and half diet now and she seems to be gaining weight. At least we are trying and our babies are getting some breast milk!
Blue Gatorade does help! I get the big bottles and drink about 2 of those a day for a week. By Day 2 I'm already seeing progress ❤️ after the week is up I go to 1 a day, then about 2-3 a week to keep it at bay. Also frequent nursing/pumping because if you do remedies to increase your supply, and don't keep up with emptying the breast...it won't work :/
I have tried so far:
Lactation cookies (homemade)
Oatmeal
Flaxseed in almost everything I eat haha
Lots of water
Gatorade
Power pumping
Shields
Some of it helps and some does nothing. So far Gatorade has helped on my left side. I was pumping .5oz on that side and now I'm pumping 1 lol so it's helped a little but I'm not sold just yet. He usually takes in 4oz of formula no problem and he's good about stopping when he's full and not overeating so I think 4 is about what he needs but it takes me 2 pump sessions to get that much and hey have to be spaced out about an hour or two
Milk supply issues can be simple solution or a tough one.
It's Ramadan and I have been fasting from sunrise to sunset. I ebf my baby and my milk is fine while fasting and is hyper flow about 5 hours after I eat lol
Obviously during the day I'm thirsty and hungry and when I break my fast I don't eat much.
I have found dates are amazing to keep up supply. If hydration or food really affects milk I wonder maybe sometimes it does but not so much at the moment more like over a duration of time or something because I have been fasting for 18 days ( I missed a few) and my milk is normal.
Really I think the key is avoiding stress and keeping healthy.
Dates have so much nutrients it must be why I still have alot of milk.
I pump about 130ml per breast in 10 mins
I give that to my 2 year old and bf baby so I don't know how much he is drinking
Try dates.
I think Gatorade or any electrolyte drink is a good idea it helped me when pregnant i was always thirsty no water or juice helped only electrolytes .
Blue cool is what I was told. And usually works for my supply. I mean I'm not making a huge amount my supply is low as well. But it's basically the hydration. The more water you drink the more you produce. As well as calorie intake. I get around 80ml-120ml so just around 3 oz with both boobs pumped.
I recently started the mother's milk tea and the milk flow as well to help produce a bit more. Not sure I see a big help but I heard it can take some time.
School supplies lists 🥲
my milk supply diminished :( wtf.
I must add, I hate pumping. It takes away so much time away that I could be spending with my baby girl. I can't wait until I have a good enough freezer stash to cut my 7-8, 20 minute pumps down to like 2, 10 minute pumps a day.