tablet for increasing milk flow

[babe2ooo]

Hey,

i read on a post here about a tablet u can take to increase you milk flow does anyone know what it is called??

 

[Mervs Mum]

No but I'd like one so I can start pumping more!

 

[sam's mum]

Do you mean increasing the amount of milk you make or the flow speed? You can get fenugreek supplements at health food shops which increase milk production. If you actually have supply problems some doctors will give you domperidone on prescription (it's an anti-sickness drug but one of its side effects is enhanced milk production), but they generally want you to try other things first to increase supply (pumping after feeds etc) x

 

[babe2ooo]

oh right

 

[Lucy&Pard]

raspberry leaf tea apparently as well!

 

[jenstar]

You can buy domperidone in the chemist without prescription, but it is quite pricey, a box of ten tabs is £4.30 and recommended dosages vary between one and three tabs three times a day. It did work for me (but I tried everything else first!)