Pumping - milk supply not increasing - 12/10/14 02:27 PM
Hello everybody,
I had previously posted a topic in the 'Natural Methods for Inducing Lactation' about getting started on the protocol for breastfeeding a surrogate baby and want to thank everyone for your help!
Now I am pumping and I am very concerned about my poor progress. I've been reading stories from others, but wanted to ask a couple of questions about my experiences so far...
I had to do the accelerated protocol since I found it pretty late in the 'game'. While on BCP and Domperidone I did experience very significant breast changes, they became huge, very heavy and felt extremely full. I took it as a good sign. So by now I have been on Domperidone for about 2 months and 3 weeks and have been pumping for about 3 weeks.
For the first few sessions all I got was a drop or two of a heavy brown stuff. Then after a few days, I started getting a few drops of what looked more like milk. I was so excited! However after the drops became milky they never became more than just drops. So now, after 3 weeks of diligently pumping 7-10 times a day I am still getting drops and produce only about a teaspoon of milk from each breast per session. It is more than I produced during my first week but I am getting discouraged by such an insignificant progress....
I am taking Domperidone 90mg a day, herbs (Blessed Thistle and Fenugreek), drink lots of tea for lactation support and pump with Medela In Style pump.
Is there anything else that can be done to help stimulate milk production/speed up the process? My husband tells me I am impatient and I guess I am but I just want to be able to feed the babies....
I had previously posted a topic in the 'Natural Methods for Inducing Lactation' about getting started on the protocol for breastfeeding a surrogate baby and want to thank everyone for your help!
Now I am pumping and I am very concerned about my poor progress. I've been reading stories from others, but wanted to ask a couple of questions about my experiences so far...
I had to do the accelerated protocol since I found it pretty late in the 'game'. While on BCP and Domperidone I did experience very significant breast changes, they became huge, very heavy and felt extremely full. I took it as a good sign. So by now I have been on Domperidone for about 2 months and 3 weeks and have been pumping for about 3 weeks.
For the first few sessions all I got was a drop or two of a heavy brown stuff. Then after a few days, I started getting a few drops of what looked more like milk. I was so excited! However after the drops became milky they never became more than just drops. So now, after 3 weeks of diligently pumping 7-10 times a day I am still getting drops and produce only about a teaspoon of milk from each breast per session. It is more than I produced during my first week but I am getting discouraged by such an insignificant progress....
I am taking Domperidone 90mg a day, herbs (Blessed Thistle and Fenugreek), drink lots of tea for lactation support and pump with Medela In Style pump.
Is there anything else that can be done to help stimulate milk production/speed up the process? My husband tells me I am impatient and I guess I am but I just want to be able to feed the babies....