Increasing breastmilk?

Hi Janine.
Glad you getting it sorted out. I must say I'm satrting to wonder about eglynol as well, since a lot of other countries dont even approve it for use...
Other natural galactogogs are oats, fenugreek, and there is this recipe: www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/...TION-COOKIES-1252680, but I cant comment on whether they are effective:)

Otherwise it might be worth checking to see that she isnt drinking more milk during the day than she actually needs:
www.bestforbabes.org/2011/03/how-to-bott...-as-youd-breastfeed/
and
www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/milkcalc.html

and a nice resource for working moms: (Ive linked to the page on supply issues, but the whole website is quite interesting
www.workandpump.com/boosters.htm#Busters

Good day Mommies

thanks to you JeanineK for asking that question, i really feel that i'm helped, as my baby is 6 months and lately seems i'm not getting enaff.

Memo, thanks a million, will pass by the pharmacy and get it.

another thing is i like tea, but its not helping anymore.

Thanks a millions Ladies.

It's great to be sorrounded by lovely mommies like u.

Thanks ladies.

Niki, Thanks for the cleaning instructions - will try it out. I'm already switching from one boob to the other - it helps, for about 2 minutes

Claire, I AM pumping while baba feeds - at first the pump gave him a fright, now he doesn't even notice it anymore.

Anyway - haven't been to the pharmacy yet. Suddenly on Friday night I was a huge improvement again Maybe cause I stopped stressing about it...

Got 1 1/2 bottle spare for the week, so I will see how it goes

What would we do without Moomie!!

My friend had this problem and solved it by expressing while breastfeeding. Might sound a little strange but here's the theory: You're body is producing on a supply-demand basis. If you up the demand, you up the supply. By pumping while bf you are basically telling your body you need twice as much milk as it's producing. Plus double "feeding" increases the fat content in the milk which makes it more filling. No need to wait for the let down either.

This of course only works if your baby will allow it and won't be distracted by the machine (which is why this never worked for me) What I did was express after he had finished feeding and only ever fed him on one breast a time. This meant he got to the hindmilk and filled up on it.

Please be very careful with eglynol. Someone on the forum was saying that it creates behavioral problems in the child later on? Now to sure about it, just do some research maybe.

GL! Hope you make it to a year like you plan!

oh also, try switching boobs when the milk stops flowing I find that helps .

I express for as long as milk is flowing, when it stops I switch to the second boob and when that stops flowing switch to the other side.

Prolak, that's it!

Jeanine, I have a medela as well, and mine needed cleaning and its really easy to do , here is how ...

take the cover off the back and remove the batteries if you using batteries, take out the little piece of black sponge and wash this with some dishwashing liquid and rinse and then dry with a hair dryer.

Boil about a cup of water on the stove for 5 minutes to sterilize and then let it cool. Pour the water into two seperate bowls ( about half a cup in each) leave one bowl of water as is and add a little dishwashing liquid to the second bowl.

Put a towel on a surface and plug your pump in and place it so the open back in lying on the towl and turn the pump on to the second phase put the end of the nossel into the soapy water and let this pump through the system.

Then move teh unit onto a dry piece of towel adn run the pump again to pump through the clean water to rinse it .

once this is done, leave the second phase of the pump on , at the highest suction for 15 minutes to dry everything out. put all back together and it works much better.

You can get a homeopathic med, called Prolak from Dischem , I have been using it and it seems to work.

also maybe try express for shorter periods but more ofter. ie 3 times at work

good luck