vomiting bug and low milk supply

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Any advice appreciated. Have 5.5 mth baby and BFing has been great so far but then I got the sicky bug. After 5 days of vomiting and upset stomach my supply seems to have gone right down. This has coincided with a growth spurt and my little girl is really upset after feeds- she's famished. How can I build up my supply again? We've both been a bit spoiled by fast-flowing and plentiful milk but now it feels that there's nothing there. I'm putting her to the breast often and pumping as well but it's really knackering and I'm getting really downhearted. Should I just start solids a couple of weeks earlier than planned or will it sort out?
Thanks

im so sorry youve been feeling ill for so long, and thats exactly why your milks a little low hun
it should sort itself eventually once your feeling better but you really need to make sure your drinking enough fluids try to avoid caffine and artifitial sweetners if you can try eating plenty of oats
only wean if you feel baby is ready for it
relax and im sure it'll right itself

If you are drinking plenty and feeding frequently (which it sounds like you are) your supply should catch up and meet DD's demand in a couple of days.

I don't think you are ever 'empty', even if you feel like you are.

Hope you are feeling better v soon.

Good advice above.

It's miserable, isn't it? I had the bug when DC4 was 6 weeks old, with DC3 throwing up in the next room. I was so worried about low supply that I got DH to phone the GP straight away who prescribed me an anti-emetic to stop me being sick. It worked well and I didn't have too many problems with my supply - but DC4 was only little and not a guzzling 5 month old.

Hope you bounce back soon.

Thanks for advice - feeling a bit less sick today and can now drink without throwing up so hope things will sort.