Changed my mind..... need to build my supply back up!

[galen]

So thank you to all you lovely mums who replied to my post last week about stopping BF! After feeling really low all weekend DH and I had a big talk and I got sooo upset, and realised that I really DONT want to stop BFing DS.I am hoping that now he is taking some solids he will be able to BF and still sleep a bit at night.
So after giving him gradually more bottles and less BF ober 6 days I am now esperately trying to increase my supply again and wean him off bottles.Do you think it is too late ? Can I get my supply back? I have been BF again since Monday. I do feel I have more milk now than at the start of the week - not as much as before though. I am offering him the boob as much as possibble. he feeds alot during the early morning before his nap, a bit mid afternoon, and then again in the evening before bed. He is only wking once a night now and I am Bf him then now too ( at about 4am) I am a bit concerned about his lack of frequent night feeding - not sure if my supply will be OK without lots of night feedings - but then again I obviously do NOT want to go back to 2 hourly night feedings - I really need to get some slep so I can look after my other 5 children!
I am eating loads of oats in all forms - porridge, biscuits, flapjack etc... LOL I have gradually weaned to down to one bottle before bed now - and last night he only took 3 OZ of that - so hopefully he'll be off them soon . He does seem more unsettled in the day though - I guess that is just cause he wants to nurse a lot though to build up my supply. I have also cut back the ammount of solids he has at lunch time a bit as he seemed to be having too much sollids for his age and not enough ,milk- so hopefully that will encourage more nursing. Eventually I would like to move to a mre baby led weaning approach like I used with DD , but I can't give purees totally as they realy have helped with his sleep.
So any other tips for building up my supply? Will it get back to being enough. I am really worried I may have permenantly sabbotagged our BFing.
I feel so happy to have decided to continue BF - but really worried at the same time. I need to know that DS is getting enough and my confidence on that is now pretty low.( oh and I don't get him weighed - never had any of them weighed cause I feel you can tell yourself whether their getting enough !)

Check out this site, you'll have to check back because there's an old post about diet to rebuild your supply. here

I gave up for a week and got it back. Can highly recommend fenugreek, but most importantly just feed feed feed!

hi galen - no advice but just wanted to wish you luck

It's definitely not too late. Have a read through / search this topic - there will be loads of advice on there. In the meantime, let baby suck as often as possible (even if you need to "top up" with formula later, I think) and try a lot of skin to skin. Good luck.

While trying to build up your supply, I think you should try and mimic suction as much as possible, so try expressing during the night if baby's not actually drinking. Good luck.

I had to build up my supply after a chequered start and read on various sites to offer every hour for a while or at least every two.
I noticed after doing it for around a week my DS would only stay on for a brief time and only take a longer feed every three or four hours, so I presume that there was then enough to keep him happy for longer periods.
Fennel tea is supposed to be good or you can buy tinctures from herbalists.
He did feed quite a bit at night, around three or four times between 8pm and 6am as we neared the 26 week mark, then cut down a little when he started solids, probably had indigestion.

hi gale,
i have a 3 1/2 old and noticed my milk supply going down.. i was told about more milk capsules wich contain all milk increasing herbs like nettle,fenugreek,fennel etc...and i took it the next morning i my breasts were full and i have stoppped supplementing with bottle as much.

good luck