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Help: milk supply issues
This may be a bit of a vent too. My parents have been at my house for one solid week now. That is about 3 days too long. Thankfully i just have one more day. While i love them it is killing me. They said they were coming to help with housework and to do the cleaning. They havent done any of it. My house looks like a nuke went off in it. My mom gets annoyed when i take cate. Not to mention everything i do with her results in correction from my mom. I am having to epf as cate never got her lafch down and dropped too much weight. So holding her is crucial i know. What other tips do you have for boosting supply?
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Re: Help: milk supply issues
To up supply: lots of water, oatmeal in any form, funugreek, blessed thistle, plenty of protein. Lactation Cookies are yummy. Please let me know if you'd like a batch. Will and I are great bakers, and will gladly make and bring you a batch. I have lots of the weird ingredients on hand (oatmeal, nutritional yeast, and flax meal). But if I remember right, your house has to be gluten free, and I'm not sure about that. But if it's just your DH-tell him not to touch your cookies!
And be firm. I had to tell my mom that when she's visiting us, it's not a vacation, she has to work for her kid time! Be firm and polite, and say that you need help with X and X, and more time with Cate now to make sure the BF'ing works. They can snuggle her after you try to feed her or snuggle her a bit, and while they're waiting, the cleaning supplies are there, so please sweep and tidy the dishes. They may grumble, but they need to remember that Grandparent duty isn't always all fun and games, they need to put in some effort too.
Wedding 6.18.04 Cole 11.20.06 Gavin 3.31.08 Parker 07.15.10 Logan 04.03.12
Everything that Eriness suggested is great! And, if possible, add an extra pumping session.
Also, there are several lactation consultants who make house calls or offer phone consultations (for a price) but they can help with supply issues and getting baby back at the breast. Angela with Basking Babies is great as is Char Wade with brightclareMums . Also, the local LLL leaders are fabulous and they take phone calls. https://www.facebook.com/groups/118446341525125/?ref=ts ---- you can request to join the FB group, if you're not already a member--lots of questions and answers get posted on the board. :-)
Neena Mae. 1/7/10
"A baby nursing at a mother's breast is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature." - David Suzuki
I eped with Reese because of a host of issues. I was able to give her breastmilk for a year, so if you ever need support, I'm here!
Here's what I did to keep my supply up...I pumped religiously, every three hours around the clock for the first 3 months. It takes that long for your supply to be really well established. I hated pumping in the middle of the night, but she was typically up to eat, so dh fed her and I pumped. It wasn't until I went back to work did I stop pumping in the middle of the night. Luckily, it corresponded with her sttn.
Water. You can't get enough. When you think you're going to float away, drink more.
Eat. Make sure you are getting enough calories. You need to be eating 500-800 extra calories a day. Its easy to not eat when you have a newborn, but its a must. Make sure you're eating a lot of protein. Oatmel helps a lot. There were times that I had to eat it 2x/day. Lactation cookies are good, too. I put the leftover flaxseed and brewers yeast in my oatmeal and any baked goods that I made (usually banana bread!)
Skin to skin. Strip her down to her diaper and put her on your chest. We would often sleep this way in the morning, after her early feeding. Plus, its precious cuddle time
And have her with you when you pump. It sounds weird, but it works. if you can't have her with you, have a picture of her and something that smells like her (a blanket, piece of clothing, etc)
Fenugreek. Three pills a day, three times a day. If you don't smell like maple syrup, take 4 pills. You can find it at health food stores or gnc.
And tell your mom to back off
This is your time to bond with your newborn! Like the pp said, she needs to earn her time with the baby!
Hang in there mama! You're doing a great job!!
compressions while pumping: http://newborns.stanford.edu/Breastfeeding/MaxProduction.html
also: High fiber diet, water and rest,
Just a side note or two: 1 if you want to try to get baby back on, use wide mouth bottles so LO can practice a wider latch. And exp. after you have a good supply, and LO is 2 wks old and a more awake baby, stonger latch you can try to start getting LO back on. It took a month or so, but eventually I was able to go from EP to EBF.
With that on Weds at 1 at the Luthern hospital downtown (doesnt matter where you delivered) there is a BF support group run by an LC. Its free, you can do a weighed feeding, at the LC a few questions, and can even bring your pumped milk (you dont have to BF there, although most moms do) http://www.iowahealth.org/classes-and-events.aspx?typeid=12&id=298 This helped b/c every wk i could go, and see if LO was gaining and how much as I went to ebf.