Pitiful supply of breastmilk. Help!
- 04-16-2009, 02:00 PM #9Registered User
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The Fenugreek works! My wife had the same problem and she took Milkmaid tea-contains Fenugreek-a nice alternative if you don't want to take a lot of capsules. The brand is Earth Mama angel Baby and was under HK$60 for a box at the Bumps to Babes store.
- 04-16-2009, 09:32 PM #10Registered User
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When you pump, does your milk `let down`? I notice that when the milk doesn`t come in, my pumping session takes a long time and for little reward, especially at the beginning. Now, if I can achieve let down when I`m pumping, I can pump 100mls in about 5 minutes or so(although one breast is waaaay easier). My baby is 3 months old.
- 04-16-2009, 10:06 PM #11Registered User
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I read that you can acheive let down more easily when pumping if you look at a photo of your baby. So, when I pumped, I used to stroke a photo of my baby. I realise that this makes me sound slightly mad but it worked!! After a while I actually made a little flip book of 6 or photos so I could choose which one to use as my "pumping aid" depending on my mood...
- 04-16-2009, 10:21 PM #12Registered User
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I used to pump in front of the PC where I have a slideshow of my baby's photos running on the screen. Sometimes, I'd play mini videos that I'd made of the baby; this way I could hear, as well as see, the baby... and doing that really helped!
this makes me sound slightly mad but it worked!!
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