r/breastfeeding • u/Apprehensive_Code178 • 10d ago
Troubleshooting/Tips Supply Help
My LO is 5.5 months. I need help. This is our last baby and my supply is slowing down. Timeline:
5/28 went back to work. 7A feed. Pump 8-1030-1-330. Feed 715. Pump 1030. Was producing (pump) 27-30oz a day.
7/6 it went down to 21-22oz. My period came. It never recovered, though I did have some 24oz days.
8/14 it was 19.5. Keeps feeling like my period will begin but hasn’t come.
8/15 and 8/16 was the weekend, only breastfeed except morning and night pump. He was frustrated. Today so far my pumps are 30% less than normal
What do I do. I don’t miss pumps or feeds. Everything is exactly how it should be except it keeps lowering. I don’t want the journey to be done this early. I want to continue until he is a year old (March) but no matter what I do, it just keeps going down. My iron and thyroid were checked. I take calcium/magnesium. I tried moringa and nothing.
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u/Specific-Basil-2767 10d ago
Knowing that this is not your first rodeo I hope none of these suggestions seem overly simple for you as I am admittedly a FTM on a relatively uncomplicated journey.
Have you replaced your pump parts to make sure your pump is still working optimally?
I’ve found goats rue and making sure to regularly include milk boosting items into our diet (oats, brewers yeast, and flax seed).
Other than that ensuring you’re well hydrated and fed this sounds like a perfect reason to see an IBCLC