Catch 22

[loopy_lou]

Hi Gals,

Noticed i am expressing less and less milk its gone from 50ml down to 25-30ml i know i have lost a lot of weight since the birth (51pound in 17 days) and i am struggling to keep food down (1 maybe 2 meals a day) but is there anything else that might be causing the milk to slow down?

I am keeping my fluids up and taking multi vitamins to help boost my body.

I am also still attempting to have the baby latch on...

Loopy

 

[CharlieP]

Hi - I'm no expert but I know that when I have felt very stressed out I have struggled to express a decent amount of milk. It could be a vicious circle whereby you are worrying about your milk supply and therefore its affecting your milk supply (hope that makes sense).

Try to relax as much as possible and have your baby or a picture of your baby near to you when you express.

Other ways to boost supply include taking fenugreek (this really works for me - I have Holland and Barratt's tablets and take 3, 3 times a day when I feel I need to boost my supply), eat lots of oats (if you can keep them down) and generally eat a decent amout of food...Have you thought about going to the docs re: your sickness?

Hope things get better for you.

xx