confusedone070289
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TLDR: I’m 2 weeks 5 days postpartum and produce ~10ml per feed. My baby takes ~100ml of formula after breast feeding. Has anyone seen increases in production in the 5x to 10x range after 3 weeks?
We had lots of lactation support in the hospital — I produced colostrum and the baby had a good latch and strong suck. He has no tongue or lip ties. We were feeding him every two to three hours, as recommended. When we found out he’d lost too much weight, the pediatrician told us to triple feed, and feed what was pumped to him. In the first days, nothing came out when I pumped, so we had to start supplementing formula.
We went back to lactation at 8 days pp, and did a weighed feed. He transferred ~10 ml. At 14 days pp we had a similar weighted feed. We are now triple feeding with extra pumps between feeds (8x a day pumping, 4-6x feeding at the breast on demand). I take one feed off between 8pm and 2am to sleep. I am pumping around 50 ml in 24 hours, between the after feeding pumps and stand alone pumps. I’m taking Moringa, Shatavari, Goats rue, and Torbungan drops. We see lactation every week. I drink ~100oz of water a day.
The baby is typically happy to breast feed, though he gets hardly anything from it. He can be pretty sleepy at the breast. We did try an SNS (Medela), but it leaked and then broke.
I have hypothyroidism and PCOS. I’m also of advanced maternal age with my first child. I didn’t have any issues getting pregnant, nor gestational diabetes. The baby’s birth went smoothly. Blood work has shown I’m over medicated for my thyroid (which should cause over supply from what I’ve read). I’ll hear from my endocrinologist early next week for a medication dosage adjustment. I also had a high fasting glucose, 96, when my last reading three weeks before birth was 77. This coming week I’ll get A1C, testosterone, and prolactin tested.
I’m wondering if anyone has seen dramatic increases in production after three weeks? Or if anyone has suggestions on how to increase production? Additional tests to run? I’m considering reglan, but the side effects are unnerving, particularly if the increases from taking it may only double my supply. The amount of pumping I’m doing is not sustainable, so I’m trying to figure out how much longer to pursue this.
We had lots of lactation support in the hospital — I produced colostrum and the baby had a good latch and strong suck. He has no tongue or lip ties. We were feeding him every two to three hours, as recommended. When we found out he’d lost too much weight, the pediatrician told us to triple feed, and feed what was pumped to him. In the first days, nothing came out when I pumped, so we had to start supplementing formula.
We went back to lactation at 8 days pp, and did a weighed feed. He transferred ~10 ml. At 14 days pp we had a similar weighted feed. We are now triple feeding with extra pumps between feeds (8x a day pumping, 4-6x feeding at the breast on demand). I take one feed off between 8pm and 2am to sleep. I am pumping around 50 ml in 24 hours, between the after feeding pumps and stand alone pumps. I’m taking Moringa, Shatavari, Goats rue, and Torbungan drops. We see lactation every week. I drink ~100oz of water a day.
The baby is typically happy to breast feed, though he gets hardly anything from it. He can be pretty sleepy at the breast. We did try an SNS (Medela), but it leaked and then broke.
I have hypothyroidism and PCOS. I’m also of advanced maternal age with my first child. I didn’t have any issues getting pregnant, nor gestational diabetes. The baby’s birth went smoothly. Blood work has shown I’m over medicated for my thyroid (which should cause over supply from what I’ve read). I’ll hear from my endocrinologist early next week for a medication dosage adjustment. I also had a high fasting glucose, 96, when my last reading three weeks before birth was 77. This coming week I’ll get A1C, testosterone, and prolactin tested.
I’m wondering if anyone has seen dramatic increases in production after three weeks? Or if anyone has suggestions on how to increase production? Additional tests to run? I’m considering reglan, but the side effects are unnerving, particularly if the increases from taking it may only double my supply. The amount of pumping I’m doing is not sustainable, so I’m trying to figure out how much longer to pursue this.
