J.S. asks from Santa Rosa, CA on April 06, 2009
Domperidone - Santa Rosa,CA
Has anyone had success with Domperidone?? I would like to here about it. I am relatcating and could use any positive support i can get. thanks
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T.D. answers from Sacramento on April 07, 2009
I used it with my first and plan to use it with my second child, but not for Relatcating... I'm not sure how that might differ.
For me, I never experienced the "let down" everyone talks about after my dd was born. It took a couple of weeks to really sink in that everything else I was doing to produce more was just not working. I started taking the Domp. a small dose at a time (but I don't recal exactly how much I ended up taking at the peek, i think it was the highest dose recomended by the site refered to below) and the first week or so I had the world's worst headache, but it did pass. I was told it also has some affects on your GI system, but I never noticed that for me. I do have a friend who took it for her daughter as well and I remember she said she needed to be close to the bathroom within an hour of taking it as it would cause a significant movement every time. (I'm trying not to be too graphic... sorry)
I do want to add a reference I was given. There's a Dr. in Canada that is well known for his lactation consulting. He promotes the use of this when all other methods just arent' enough and has info on his website that was helpful for me to determine how much of the stuff to take. You can also Google his name as he has many published articles. I googled "dr jack newman domperidone" and came up with more than 2000 hits.
http://drjacknewman.com/help/Domperidone%20Getting%20Star...
Best wishes!
L.S. answers from San Francisco on April 07, 2009
I had real trouble trying to breast feed my first son. He weaned completely at 3 months and it was very hard on me. With my second son 4 years later, I used Domperidone and it was wonderful. No side effects. He loved nursing and did not wean completely till he was much older (over two I think). I had no side effects.
V.K. answers from Sacramento on April 07, 2009
I used it for a little while when I was nursing. It worked great for me for a while. The only side effect I had with it was it made me very very very very (very) tired so I only took it at night and then maybe half in the morning. I couldn't do a whole pill in the AM because I couldn't function so be careful to watch for that. I don't know if I could have nursed my daughter til 15 months if I hadn't taken it. She had actually weened herself at 11 months so that was 6 months of pumping with the help from Fenugreek and Blessed Thistle... but they stopped working for me after a while... then I tried Domperidone and that helped a lot.
Good Luck!
B.A. answers from San Francisco on April 07, 2009
I used Domperidone. My baby had a weak suck and my milk supply was never good. Using the drug, I was able to breastfeed but not without supplementing. It definitely was what kept my milk supply up though. When I stopped taking it, that was it. I know many people breastfeed exclusively using domperidone.
K.W. answers from San Francisco on April 07, 2009
I have been taking domperidone (called motilium overseas where I order it from for much less $$ than you can get it here) for over a year. I took up to 160 mg a day at one point, but now that my baby is over a year I am taking just 30, and she's still nursing happily. I have had no real side effects, and neither have my kids (as far as I can tell). It works like a charm for me--I've had a full milk supply for both of my adopted kids. But I know it doesn't work that well for everyone. Fenugreek is also great. Good luck!
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