Galactagogue Diaries: 24 hour log #2

barf!

this is not going well so far.

but heres todays:

(hopefully tomorrow i start on the reglan and can see a noticable increase)

100AM: 2.5

230AM: 2.0 (took 3 fenugreek here)

815AM: 4.0

930AM:2.5

1230PM: 3.5

400PM: 3.0

700PM: 3.0 (took 3 Blessed thistle and 3 fenugreek here.)

930PM: 3.75 (35 minutes of pumping and then hand expression. uggghhhh)

1140PM: 2.25 (took 4 Fenugreek)

looking back i didnt take much blessed thistle today. gotta be more on that.

need to log water intake too. just to maybe see correlation.

hmmmm more later.

total: 26.5. im frustrated. but dammit all i dont give up. milk is milk and thats 26.5 ounces of hope!

Galactagogue Diaries: 24 hour log #1

today is one of the first days of trying to increase milk supply. thats a fib, im about 5 days in i'd say.

fenugreek, blessed thistle, oatmeal and a HEAVY increase in pumping. no full sessions at the breast. maybe one or two minutes here and there. but its mostly pumping.

i decided to do a log so i can show you an account of how long its taking me to rebuild supply.

im a night owl, and i know prolactin levels are higher at night, so i stayed up late last night.

230am: 3.75 ounces (this was in two pumping sessions from 1-230am)

600am: 5 ounces

1000am: 4 ounces

200pm: 2 ounces

300pm 1.75 ounces

515pm: 2.75 ounces

650pm: 2 ounces

830pm: 3 ounces

1030pm: 1.5 ounces

1130pm: 1.25 ounces

100am: 2.5 ounces

total in 24 hours: 29.5 ounces.

im gonna continue with the log keeping. maybe this will be a good example of how quickly milk supply is increased. all i know is its hard to see 29.5 and be ecstatic about it. but who knows, maybe i didnt even break 25 yesterday or something...

we shall see!

mission Make More Milk update

oatmeal has been known to increase supply in some women...so ive eaten my sons weight in it this last 24 hours :)
my friend C was so kind to introduce me to Mothers Milk Tea in a baby shower gift along with a cup for it! :) im on it!

i ran out of my first bottle of fenugreek (also from my rad friend c) so i bought bulk online. one for me, maybe two, and a couple to pay it forward to other soon to be nursing mothers in their baby shower gifts! mothers more prepared for breastfeeding will try a little more!
and some BT to top it off.

sigh.

i.have.faith.

and if faith falls through (it wont)

im stubborn as hell. so theres that :)

Galactagogues Day 2

just a quick update:

today i took 4 capsules Blessed Thistle (i figured better to get baby back on breast asap :) )

and 9 capsules of fenugreek.

light aroma of maple.

(i also added an 8 oz cup of Mothers Milk Tea and a bowl of oatmeal to my diet today.)

the results?

same output all day ( 1oz and 2oz on the left and right respectively), one session was even a little less.

but the last one, that i expressed just now, was a little over 2 in the right anda little under 2 in the left = roughly 4 oz. :) improvements!

more later!