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Is Milk Supply Gone or Are My Twins Self Weaning?
Read all 9 responses: "My twins were exclusively breast milk feed for 9 1/2 ... On the other hand it is up to you to keep the milk supply good by making ...
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- GREAT job nursing this long. They may be getting mollars and the suction hurts them for a bit. WHen my son got certain teeth, he'd go about 2 days no nursing and I'd p...
- Your twins are right on time ! This is a sign of cognitive development. They are interested in the world and prefer it to food sometimes. Drink LOTS of water and try M...
- D.- don't give up on nursing!! This is the age that they can go through a nursing strike. I advise you to read The Breastfeeding Book by Dr Wm Sears and Martha Sears (...
Stopping Breast Feeding, Need Some Advise on Drying up Milk Supply
Sorry that breast feeding hasn't went well. As far as drying up your milk supply , I seem to remember someone telling me that ice packs would help with the ...
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- There are some teas, I think from Angel Baby, Earth Mama, that are supposed to make the milk taste not so good (for weaning), and decrease your supply. I would say to...
- There are lots of herbs that will help with drying up your milk supply. I've heard that sage (culinary variety)made into a tea is pretty fast and effective, although I...
- When I stopped nursing, I replaced feedings with pumping and decreased gradually--going to 4 then 6 or 8 hours between, and eventually once a day or once every other d...
Milk Supply Sems to Be Drying Up
Good luck and keep up the good work in taking care of yourself. .... when I returned to work and pumped (I wanted my little one to have ONLY breast milk) I ...
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- You may feel like you have less milk,perhaps less let down feeling, less full... but your milk composition changes around this time. Your milk is more condensed as she...
- Great job on breastfeeding as long as you can. Your body naturally makes what it needs so I wouldn't worry as long as your daughter is drinking fluids. Is there any ch...
- If she's still nursing four times a day I don't think she's ready to give it up. I remember my milk feeling like it was really limited when my son hit about a year ol...
Ok to Breast Milk Thru Bottlr and Formula Feed?
You need to breast feed as much as possible b/c an empty breast gets fuller faster, that's how you can keep milk supply up. You can also mix formula and ...
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- Congrats on the new baby! Aren't they precious! Yes, you are doing the right thing. If you can't breast feed the regular way that is fine bottles will work just as wel...
- New stuff added to reply: In case I hadn't put everyone to sleep with my original post (yes, I know I can go on a bit!) I thought of something else I wanted to say....
- Hi A., I have an 11 month old little girl. I breast fed her for the first three months. Towards the end of the third month my milk supply wasn't enough to fill her ...
Help with Breastfeeding
The only vitamin your child will not get from the breast milk is vitamin D ..... To keep your milk supply up, you need to eat more, drink plenty of water ...
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- Hi N., Don't worry! My daughter (now 5 months) was also born via c-section and in the NICU for 7 days. Breastfeeding has been a challenge to say the least. The NIC...
- To keep your milk supply up, you need to eat more, drink plenty of water and get more rest. I think your milk supply will be fine when you do those three things and t...
- First, I think that you should try hard not to stress our about this b/c i heard that stress affects your milk production...could be wivestale but to be on the safesid...
Ways to Increase Breast Milk Supply
... old and I am having a terrible time keeping my breast milk supply up. ... Keep in mind that how much milk you can pump is in no way an indicator of how ...
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- If you know when they generally eat, pump before feeding them. Your milk comes in for your child, but hates the action of the pump. It may work for a while then you ha...
- I hate to suggest alcohol since I think it does more harm than good in MOST instances but when I was nursing my son my mom (an OB nurse) recommended drinking 1/2 a bee...
- I used this prescription call Domperidone and it worked. It's used when mom's adopt and want to try nursing...it's been known to start a supply of milk up, but also w...
Can My Milk Supply Re-establish After a Decrease?
I pump for a few days after each feeding to completely drain the breast she ate from. .... I used Fenugreek to keep my supply up when it was diminishing, ...
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- Absolutely! Just relax and give it some time, drink a lot, and nurse as often as possible. Try to pump too (even if you're not getting much at first, eventually, you...
- I would hesitate on taking supplements unless your OB or Pediatrician says to take them. If you're taking any kind of hormone -- even a mini-pill for BC, that may be ...
- Congratulations! Take in every moment as they go by so fast. That's the best advice I have for any new mom. But, when my second daughter was born, I had the same situa...
How to Increase Milk Supply
After 2 days I expected my milk supply to pick up to support her, but it has not . ... Good luck, don't give up. I had a premmie too. Just keep feeding her. ... If you enterin breast milk increase on your search engine, it will give you ...
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- drink lots of water and a beer a day. I know that sounds retarded but that is what my dr told me after my daughter was born. Beer has yeast in it and yeast will make...
- If you enterin breast milk increase on your search engine, it will give you several sites for a tea that helps produce more milk. I just drank tons of cranberry juice ...
- blessed thistle buy at store or prescription for regulin or something like that
Mastitis and Milk Supply
Unfortunately my son drank blood with my milk every time he nursed for weeks. It was no fun, but he was fine. Keep up your fluids for the low supply and ...
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- I was surprised that after having nursed two kids back to back for 3 years (together) I got mastitis for the first time. It is so painful! I think my milk supply did d...
- Everything I've seen about mastitis says the milk is fine to drink. Also, and I know this is ikky, but I had nursing problems starting up and had severely cracked and...
- Keep on nursing, your baby would be getting that blood etc. anyways.... it is just gross because you can see it as you pump. I too had mastitis, very painful but after...
Thought Breast Milk Was Finishing at 9 mo....UPDATE
Sounds normal now that my milk supply adjusted. I guess I just expected to be able to pump ... Keep up the good work, I am an advocate for breast feeding, ...
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- Just keep nursing on demand, the pump is not a good indicator for how much baby is getting. Check out the site www.kellymom.com for some encouragement and advise. Go...
- I have always heard that the baby can get MORE than the pump can. So I wouldn't worry. If he is not crabby and growing your are doing just fine.
- I think you've gotten some good advice here. With my 1st child I was working and pumped regularly and got up to 8 oz, but with my 2nd I was home and rarely pumped and...
