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Moms: Fenugreek

shuga_23shuga_23
in Maine Nesties

Have any of you used it? Thoughts on it? Did it work for you? How long did it take before you saw a change? How many did you take?

I'm prepared to smell like a sugarshack.

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Re: Moms: Fenugreek

  • MA&CBMA&CB member
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    I have maybe half a bottle I can give to you if you want it.  I don't know if I noticed a huge difference, but I also don't think I was really diligent and consistent about taking it.  It's a lot of big pills to take to have an effect.  Other things to boost supply that I did that may or may not have helped were drinking a bunch of mother's milk or nursing mother's tea, eating oatmeal for breakfast every morning (I made big pans of baked oatmeal for convenience, drinking a lot of water, and making sure I was getting enough calories.
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  • WildcatPrincessWildcatPrincess
    No experience, but I've heard taking it with blessed thistle increases the effectiveness. I take More Milk Plus (since my body has decided working out = we don't need to make milk anymore) but only 2/3 of the recommended dose since it's so powerful. I've had luck with the Mother's Milk tea as well, but some think it tastes bad. I like it! I also recommend drinking an entire bottle of sparkling Barefoot wine, lol. Okay, not really, but the one time I did this I had ridiculous supply the next day :)
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  • jl&jljl&jl
    i didn't have any milk at all until Adrian was 3 weeks old.  it came when i really upped fenugreek to 12 a day.  for 6 months, i did 12 fenugreek, 2 mothers milk tea and more milk plus for 2 months of that time span. although i only make 6-8 oz  a day total, before these supplements, i had nothing.  so i'd say it's worth a shot!
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  • kcloutskclouts
    I used it but I don't think it made a huge difference.  I took whatever the maximum was that was recommended on the package.  I was pumping 5 times a day at work and still had to supplement with formula.  We went exclusively to formula at 6 months.
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  • cdg0819cdg0819
    It didn't make a difference to me at all, and my supply went even lower once I started them -- although I doubt they caused the supply to totally tank
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