Help!
Hi i really need some advice, recommendations etc!
My daughter is 10 months old and breast fed, and my milk supply has suddenly drastically dropped!
She was 4 weeks early at birth and we have had a few issue along the way. She was dropping in percentile a few weeks back however she is now hack on the 9th centile for height and weight however this month i had a bad period and was put on tablets by the doctor but now over the course of 1 week my milk dropped, it always dips around my periods but i have never had this issue.
There are several reason i know it has dropped main one being my girl would only latch for a few seconds/ minutes and then come off screaming, looking for milk; my boobs feel deflated and empty. I then pumped instead of feeding in hopes to give her a bottle however i didnt get an more than 20mls total after 40 minutes. I then had to you frozen milk i had from when i was building my stash, she had 4oz and was the happiest shes been for the whole week, i did the same again 4 hours later and then same thing only this time i had 10ml in 60 minutes total. She had another bottle again and she was happy.
Ive always had a good suply; more than enough. When i was previously pumping along side breast feeding for my stash i would get about 2-4 oz after feeding her.
For back story i have had issues with my health that have also led to this including being anemic, ive been on iron for 3 months but it keeps declining. This was caused by starting my periods 5 weeks post parturm despite exclusively breast feeding. I was then put on tablets Tranexamic acid to reduce the amount of bleeding each month, which i started last week( the period that caused the drop) however it make it alot heavier and longer and now my milk to have just ‘disappeared’
I have a blood test booked Thursday for indepth bloods but i wont have the result for a week, in the mean time i am going to try and get another appointment with the docotr to see if there is anything they can do.
I have started taken moringa 500mg once daily
And have just ordered fenugreek tabkets too at 500mg, im not sure how much of this to have of if i can up the moringa?
I have been looking at Domperidone, not sure if the doctor can perscribe it or something similar? Either way if any one has had any experience then could you please share.
I am trying to drink about a gallon a day of water.
Eating 3+ meals a day full of goodnesss and foods good for milk supply.
I am trying to get baby girl to feed as much as possible but she will not latch because there is nothint coming out.
Im trying to power punp evey 3-4 hours is this right?
Ive got nothing against formula but breast milk is what i want my my little one.
Im literally desperate sorry if none of this makes sense