I bf my baby until 15 weeks and, due to an ongoing nursing strike (long story!), I am now ep'ing. I have been pumping for 3 weeks now and am a low-volume-pumper as I have to supplement my lo with 1 formula per day. I would love to increase my supply to cut out the formula. Here are my efforts so far: I have been pumping every 2 hours'ish during the day (plus once between 1am/5am), I have bought fenugreek today and have some domperidone on order (if all else fails).
Does anyone have any tips to eeek out a few more mils of milk? I've recently discovered breast compression. Any other ideas?
I bf my baby until 15 weeks and, due to an ongoing nursing strike (long story!), I am now ep'ing. I have been pumping for 3 weeks now and am a low-volume-pumper as I have to supplement my lo with 1 formula per day. I would love to increase my supply to cut out the formula. Here are my efforts so far: I have been pumping every 2 hours'ish during the day (plus once between 1am/5am), I have bought fenugreek today and have some domperidone on order (if all else fails).
Does anyone have any tips to eeek out a few more mils of milk? I've recently discovered breast compression. Any other ideas?
Power pumping also worked for me. In the early days, my LO slept all the time so I would put on my favorite dvd/Netflix and power pump at least once a day. That increased my supply dramatically. I also took Blessed Thistle along with Fenugreek (9 tablets of each every day). I also drank Barley Water, Fennel Water (Google them. I think Kelly Mom site has a recipe for Barley water).
The herbal supplement Lactiful worked for me, I was in a similar situation at 16 weeks and have been pumping for nine months. Lactiful is a combination of supplements that help your milk supply, it's a little expensive but it helped me tremendously.
