Holy death supplement

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Haha noted! I've been looking for some supply boosting options since I'm going back to work next week, I'll avoid that one.

FWIW, Fenugreek seems to be having a positive effect.

[mousemelon]

Fenugreek, mother's milk tea, and oatmeal all worked wonders for me when my supply went down when E was around C's age.

[mdana]

Can you get the capsules? I took those and they weren't as bad. You could also try malunggay, my son's pedi is also a breastfeeding doctor and recommends that to boost supply.

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Dark beer and ice cream both have been noted to work well in that area.

But yeah, I tried it. Gag.

[spankswife]

The LC at the hospital told me fiber boosts supply, and suggested taking Metamucil.

I'm only a week in to bf so I don't have much to offer otherwise.

[mlvmd]

I've been eating a lot of oatmeal. Some of it in the form of plain oatmeal with almond milk. A lot in the form of a cookie. Ice cream was awesome until DS2 seemed to be negatively affected by it.

[jln]

Apr 26, 2015 17:10:49 GMT -5 mdana said:

Can you get the capsules? I took those and they weren't as bad. You could also try malunggay, my son's pedi is also a breastfeeding doctor and recommends that to boost supply.

Where do you purchase malunggay?

[sarahsas]

I started taking fenugreek and it made my baby super gassy and fussy. I haaaaate how it made me smell too. I stopped and baby seems much better!

[mdana]

Apr 26, 2015 19:48:09 GMT -5 jln said:

Apr 26, 2015 17:10:49 GMT -5 mdana said:

Can you get the capsules? I took those and they weren't as bad. You could also try malunggay, my son's pedi is also a breastfeeding doctor and recommends that to boost supply.

Where do you purchase malunggay?

www.amazon.com/Motherlove-Malunggay-60ct-Breastfeeding-Supplement/dp/B00V9FXYDU/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1430096724&sr=8-11&keywords=malunggay

Motherlove makes some, and the shop I work at carries Go-Lacta, which is a different brand but same supplement. I can't find that one on Amazon, but they also make a powder that you can add to smoothies and other things.

[spankswife]

Apr 26, 2015 20:02:06 GMT -5 sarahsas said:

I started taking fenugreek and it made my baby super gassy and fussy. I haaaaate how it made me smell too. I stopped and baby seems much better!

This scares me. I took a stool softener yesterday and he had like 10 sharty diapers and gas all day. It didn't help me. I can't go through that again.

[sarahsas]

spankswife I know, I'm so paranoid about what I put in my body now!

[isabel]

Apr 26, 2015 20:31:15 GMT -5 spankswife said:

Apr 26, 2015 20:02:06 GMT -5 sarahsas said:

I started taking fenugreek and it made my baby super gassy and fussy. I haaaaate how it made me smell too. I stopped and baby seems much better!

This scares me. I took a stool softener yesterday and he had like 10 sharty diapers and gas all day. It didn't help me. I can't go through that again.

Huh. I was thinking earlier today how not fussy and gassy my kid has been today. Reading this made me realize I haven't taken a stool softener in the last 24 hours. I wonder if that has something to do with it. I never figured it would impact him.

[spankswife]

Apr 27, 2015 2:45:27 GMT -5 isabel said:

Apr 26, 2015 20:31:15 GMT -5 spankswife said:

This scares me. I took a stool softener yesterday and he had like 10 sharty diapers and gas all day. It didn't help me. I can't go through that again.

Huh. I was thinking earlier today how not fussy and gassy my kid has been today. Reading this made me realize I haven't taken a stool softener in the last 24 hours. I wonder if that has something to do with it. I never figured it would impact him.

I mean it could be a coincidence, but when i looked it up a couple of people mentioned the same thing as me. Honestly the nurses told me to take it so many times I just figured it was fine.