I an a first time mum to a 12 day old little girl. Through my pregnancy I had intended to breastfeed but after around 10 midwives, both at home and at the hospital, failed to get baby to latch properly I have since expressed exclusively.
Other than initial engorgement issues pumping had been going really well... or so I thought! I'd always been able to keep up with her needs and found using my electric pump easy. Most days I expressed 3 times a day (40 minutes each session, 20 minutes each breast) and would produce around 30oz a day. Unfortunately on Sunday we became really busy with visitors and I only managed to express twice that day. Since then each time I've gone to express I've been getting a maximum of 1oz from each breast in 20 minutes. Sometimes I am getting nothing. I know there is definitely some milk there as when I hand express is comes.
I spoke to the midwife and she said I need to be expressing around 6-8 times a day but so far it hasn't made a difference and I'm concerned that I'm going to have to supplement with formula. :(
Has anyone else had this issue? If so, did you manage to bring back your milk supply successfully?
I have read about a herb called fenugreek. Has anyone used this?
Any help would be much appreciated as I want to get it sorted ASAP :)
Imogen
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Expressing milk -decline in supply help!
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Immyjimmy · 26/10/2016 08:55
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