relactating

[princessellie]

im going to have to relactate as some of you know my milk has been crappy for a few months and leyla hasnt been putting on weight so a few weeks ago i decided to try her on one day of formula just to see if it was the milk that was the problem or if i was just being overly paranoid about my milk supply...well that night she didnt cry at all, she slept most of the day and when she wasnt asleep she sat really calm in her chair...so it obviously was just that she was hungry, so my milk is really low...since then ive been having to give her more and more formula because i just do not have enough milk to feed her so im going to start relactating, im on holiday at the minute so i cant go and get the drugs that help but i did think to bring my breast pump so thats something! just had a little read of rafwifes journal thingy on here and she said you need to express every 2 hours so am going to do that and see where it gets me

wish me luck ladies, i hope i can do this!!

xxx

 

[Pyrrhic]

Good luck hun If I can do it, anyone can.

 

[princessellie]

thanks hun, i hope so

x

 

[Jkelmum]

Good luck hunnie xxx

 

[Logiebear]

Good luck hun xxx

 

[Blob]

Good Luck, if you really want to do something you can conquer anything!!

'If something's worth having its worth working for'

 

[ryder]

Good luck! Drink lots, eat lots, feed your baby lots and pump lots! Also fenugreek pills and blessed thistle is said to help.

 

[alice&bump]

good luck hun! its nice to see you on here xxxx

 

[Mervs Mum]

Good luck honey. I wondered where you had got too. xx

 

[Lu28]

Good luck

 

[Samantha675]

Wishing you the best of luck!!! Go boobies go!!

 

[shampain]

Hiya Hun i was wondering where you had been i've missed ya! Good luck and i hope you're enjoying your holiday! x

 

[ajarvis]

eating oatmeal helps too I found when I was nursing Julian still! Good Luck!

 

[princessellie]

thanks all of you, i havent been on for ages cos weve been away and that but i missed everyone too much lol so am back

relactation isnt going so well, i know i have to give it time but im impatient haha, i think oh ive been doing it for a day now, why hasnt my milk gone up anyway, yesterday was good, i BF'd loads and pumped loads, i only got about 20mls all day though no let downs when i BF, is that normal? is it another one of those things that happens when uve been BFing for a while or is it a bad thing?

x

 

[Brockie]

thanks all of you, i havent been on for ages cos weve been away and that but i missed everyone too much lol so am back

relactation isnt going so well, i know i have to give it time but im impatient haha, i think oh ive been doing it for a day now, why hasnt my milk gone up anyway, yesterday was good, i BF'd loads and pumped loads, i only got about 20mls all day though no let downs when i BF, is that normal? is it another one of those things that happens when uve been BFing for a while or is it a bad thing?

x

i have always felt my let down hon but some people don't feel it at all xxx you will always have let down when you feed as thats how the milk flows, maybe you just can't feel it? xx

 

[lauriech]

Good Luck hun!

I'm sure you can do it I'm on a mission to do it too.

Keep us posted xxx

 

[lillysmum]

good luck! Expressing and latching leyley on before every feed will help increase that milk supply

 

[princessellie]

thanks all of you, i latch leyla on all the time and she's not having problems with that, ive been using the breastflow bottles / SNS so she has no nipple confusion or anything, its just my supply atm, it doesnt seem to be going up at all, im pretty much chained to my pump lol and shes having couple of sucks before each feed, until she realises there is no milk there and then she screams too much for me to be able to get her on, its only at night when i put her in my bed that she feeds herself to sleep and that might be more comfort sucking cos shes had her full 35oz by then...

this is going to be really hard work i think, i cant wait to get home and get some domperidone, i wish i had got some before i came away cos now im not back home till july just need to keep up with the expressing, although i still only get less than an ounce after a bloody hours pumping lol, and keep putting her on the boob and hopefully before i go home ther'll be a big improvement *fingers crossed*

thanks everyone for the support

x

 

[AnnaBanana9]

Good luck honey!

 

[princessellie]

thanks

so ive been reading one of my mams books, its like olden day home remedies and it said that lentils are good for increasing milk supply, as well as peppermint tea! just so happens that i can get both of those things here so im very happy im gna eat as much as i can of both of them while im here cos my eating has gone rubbish again, im actually under 8stone now and considering i couldnt get under 8 stone when i was actively dieting i think now is the time to sort this out lol, i do always buy snacky food when im out but people keep bloody eating it, i go to get it out to have it and someone is just finishing it! this is why i like my own house lol!

x