Thursday, August 11, 2011

Help! milk supply going away!?

first of all, i have to give you a big hug and a big pat on the back for pumping even though he wouldn't latch. most moms would just go to formula!! Good job! Second, I feel your pain. I had 2 premature babies that were not able to latch cause they were so small. I pumped for the first year of their lives. After a while, your supply just dosen't cut it anymore. The pump, no matter how great and expensive it was just does not stimulate your the same as the baby would. You hit a peak and that is pretty much it! I tried the same things you have, fenugreek, mother's milk tea 5 times a day, everything! what did seem to help was pumping more often, like every 2 hours. It will take a day or so, but it might help some. Also, try not to stress about it cause stress will make you dry up very quickly. Take a really warm shower and then pump as soon as you step out, heck i even pumped in the tub! The warm water helps you produce. Try skin to skin contact with the baby, that helped me some. I can tell you, if the supply dosen't seem to pick up and you have to supplement, you have done an excellent job to come this far! I know it will be tough, but try not to feel guilty about it. You have done more that most would! Try not to supplement though, because the more you supplement, the less milk you will have. So, in the end, warm compresses or warm baths, skin to skin contact with baby, happy thoughts, an plenty of fluids. I know it's not much, but maybe something will work!! Good luck and good job super mommy! OH YEAH! I almost forgot!! When I had this problem with my second child, my DR gave me a prescribtion for REGLAN. It is for acid reflux, but one of the side effects is that it causes lactation....and it works ALOT! I had more milk than I knew what to do with! Ask your Dr about it! do some research on the net and have print outs for him to read so he will know what you are talking about, I don't think alot of them know about it. Good luck again!

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