I stopped about 3 weeks ago.

Nya was where if my boob stopped milking...she'd get MAD! She wouldn't want to wait a few mins until another duct let down.
She'd unlatch and scream.

I would suggest trying some Fenugreek. It's a supplement that increases milk supply.

And you need to take in no less than 64oz water a day. The more water, the more milk.

I wish I could help more...i really miss it.

Sarah

Nurse. NURSE NURSE. The best way to build up your supply is to NURSE! Pumping can help, but is not a replacement for nursing.

Fenugreek can help. But you don't need it. Besides, you don't want to be smelling like licorice!

Breasts have this really great system all worked out. The more you nurse, the more supply gets built up. It is a supply and demand situation. Which is why, after a day or two of not nursing as much, you start to lose your supply. It also goes the other way.

In about 1-2 days of more demand on your breast, you'll be making more milk.

Thanks guys! I was so happy when my husband said I could start working at the daycare again. I am mainly going to be working 2-6 in the afternoon so hopefully we will be able to get back full throttle. When I was nursing I had tons of milk so hopefully that will happen once again.

I agree with the fenugreek bumping up supply -- 3 pills 3 times a day. You have to take enough so that you smell like maple syrup, if you don't smell like syrup, you aren't taking enough. Usually, a week of that helps me. I can't take it long term. The other side effect is it gives you some nasty gas (not painful, just stinky, but DH and I can't live with it long term!).

Drinking water and eating oatmeal (old fashioned oats) can help. I get the best result from the fenugreek though, that and nurse, nurse, nurse as often as possible. It's also normal for your supply to be lower in the evening (mine always is) and higher in the morning.

Why did you stop initally Stef?

Sarah

I felt so bad after she was born due to my massive blood loss and the pneumonia I had the week after that I wasn't able to hold out to nurse her for very long. I would get very weak. My husband started feeding her bottles about every other feed when she was about a week old. My supply just slowly started going down. Then, when she was four weeks old I went to work full time and I only had time to nurse at night. Now that I'm just working about four hours a day I want to give it another go. Plus, I feel loads better now. Hopefully it will work out better.

Good luck to you. I hope everything works out.

I totally FORGOT about your pneumonia!! I'm so glad that's taken care of!!

How has it been going so far?

Sarah

It's going pretty good Sarah. My supply has increased but I'm just not sure how much. She's actually been satisfied with just the breast a few times now. Last night was tough though. I decided to tough it out and just do breast. She was up every couple of hours just wanting to suck. I'm sure she was a little hungry though. Breastmilk metabolizes a lot faster than formula. This morning she pretty much constantly breastfed from about 9 until 10:30 or 11. She had her cereal in between there somewhere. It's okay though. I know it will get better. I need to invest in a better pump. I can't seem to get mine to work and I would like to pump for them to feed her with while I am at the daycare. She goes there as well btw-only 2 or 3 days a week though.