My lovely baby is 16 weeks and up until a couple of weeks ago had settled into a pattern of 5 feeds in 24 hours and I always seemed to have enough milk (although not loads extra - I know because I was expressing as well). Anyway she then had a growth spurt and went up to 10 feeds in on 24 hour period. It was a bit hard for my milk to keep up with her and one of the 10 feeds was a bottle of formula. I also had to top up with expressed milk to help her settle after the late night feed. Since then we've had between 7 and 9 feeds each day. The trouble is that my milk supply just doesn't seem to be keeping up with her. She was sleeping from her late night feed until 5:30 - 6:30 in the morning. Now she wakes any time between 2 and 4am. Also she's started to wake in the evening - yesterday at 8pm not just crying a bit but really screaming for a feed. I fed her but she was frustrated at the lack of milk flow so we gave her a bottle which she drank with enthusiasm. This evening she woke up at 7.30 (I've just fed her). The HV has suggested giving baby rice and formula for the last feed. She does seem hungry and keeps chewing her hands - sometimes she even stops in the middle of a feed to chew her hands!
Anyway if anyone has any thoughts on how to improve my milk supply that would be great. I am eating and resting lots but don't feel that things are improving. Do things like drinking fennel tea really help?
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Puddlet · 31/07/2008 20:20
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