Mothers milk?!?

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I had my daughter 3/17 she was 2 months early she is in NICU I've been pumping and bringing milk they keep going up on her milk intake  (WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY GREAT) but I can't keep up. They told me to try Mothers Milk it's an herbal tea. Has anyone tried it before? How was it? What are some other things I can do to produce more milk? I'm pumping milk every 2-3hrs drinking plenty of water and getting sleep! I absolutely do not want her to have Similac!!! I feel like a terribly bad mother 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 #HELP

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My little guy was 6 weeks early and in the nicu. I was pumping and bringing in also. I hit a point where he went up to 50ml and I could only pump about 40 and they just topped off what I brought. We went home EBF. It's hard to bring your supply up without babys help. We went through weeks of cluster feeding to get my supply where he needed it once he was able to tell my body what he needed. He's now 4&1/2 months and still EBF. Oatmeal and fenugreek have helped with my first (who was also in the nicu and hit a pumping plateau before coming home). You shouldn't feel bad if baby needs a little formula, they put fortifiers in your pumped milk anyway and it's really all whats best for baby. Your doing the best you can and our little guys need a little extra help sometimes, as far as your body is concerned they aren't even supposed to be here and if baby isn't nursing yet it can be hard to keep up.

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Try taking a video of your baby on your phone and watching it or smelling babys blanket. This will almost always help to signal an immediate let down of milk.'also try massaging your breasts while you oump
And make sure your pumping 1st thing in morning as your supply is naturally greatest in morning. Good luck mama

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You can get donor milk to top off what you don't make

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Motherlove milk plus. It's been a lifesaver for me

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I used mothers milk tea for the first time and it made my breasts almost explode it worked so well!

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Why do you feel like a bad mom?? You're doing great keeping up with nursing when you don't even have your baby home! That's amazing in its self! Mothers milk is great, drink at least 3 cups a day. But what helped me more was fenugreek tablets (the active ingredient in mothers milk tea) it's more concentrated and worked way better/faster. My doc told me 6 pills a day (I forget what milligrams I had but ask your ob) I got mine from vitamin shoppe but I'm sure any gnc or health food store sells them too. Also babies usually nurse more in the evenings so consider pumping every hour from about 5-9 in the evenings (this will make you body demand more milk) and also make sure you're still getting up at least 2-3 times a night to nurse because would normally be eating at night too. Good luck mama and hope you get to take your baby home soon 💛

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Okay this sounds maybe wierd but i always can pump more milk when i have my daughter close to me...

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i couldnt breastfeed more than 2 months with my first who btw was also born on 3-17. i was super stressed and nothing helped. maybe thats what it is ? some women just have a harder time with production i actually bought the formula where its breast milk supplement.

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I tried the tea, I drink maybe one cup of tea every day I really don't know if it helps. My son is 4 months and I exclusively breastfeed but some days my supply goes down. I eat healthy, drink water and the tea. They say eating otmeal helps and also chia seeds. Good luck

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