antibiotics and low milk supply

Rach87

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I've been on antibiotics for a week and I noticed a decrease in my supply almost immediately. Thankfully I have a ton of milk frozen and she eats solids so I've been supplementing with thawed milk and extra food. Just wondering if after antibiotics my supply will return? I've still been putting her on every 2 hours to make sure my body knows she's still nursing even though not much comes out. Anyone have experience with this?
 
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I got really sick back in February and I was put on antibiotics for a week. The doctor said it would no t affect my milk or supply, but I noticed a steep decrease as well. I went from pumping 4-5 oz 3 x's a day (I work) to barely pumping 1-3 oz each time if I was lucky. I was so stressed as well (which doesn't help supply!!) and I thought I would just have to stop BF.

I ended up adding in a morning and night pump session each day to make up for the missing oz's. DS also started feeding more at night time. After about 2 weeks my supply shot right back up + some and it has been great ever since then.

I don't know if it went down because I was sick or because of antibiotics, but I have been there and my supply recovered. Just keep trekking on :)
 
I went on a long course of anti biotics, needed two types one after the other. No effect on my supply at all.

I did however have a huge dip in supply when he randomly stopped feeding in the night for 2 weeks. After a few days my supply dipped, after 5 days I felt like there was hardly anything there.

Drink plenty water, eat oats, compress breast whilst feeding, nuts like haze and brazil, sesame seeds, flax seeds are all supposed to help. Obviously you are already feeding frequently but I found my little boy knew something was up and he worked his magic to help me. He knew he was having to work harder and longer for the milk so he spent 24 hours nursing every 30-60 mins and the next day I was back to bursting! Between him doing that and me using all those tips plus getting up to pump during the night, it took 4 days from me feeling like I had barely any milk to having an over supply!
 

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