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Question

The last few days I’ve been able to produce about 4-5 oz per session and today I get 2 oz. I even started eating oatmeal and drinking mothers milk tea and it hasn’t seemed to do anything. Any suggestions? Is my milk drying up?

Answer

I just had this happen to me. I was regularly pumping like 3 oz per breast and suddenly I only started getting 1.5 per breast. I got stressed about it but I got some fenugreek I take daily, got a probiotic, and started using my hand pump more to simulate irregular sucking. I also drank 2 Gatorade yesterday because even tho I down water all day I felt dehydrated. today I pumped about 2 per this morning and by evening I got 4 ounces total and an hour later another 4 ounces (I was out of the house at the first pump and didn't feel completely done but it was rude to stay in a bathroom for 30 minutes.)

Answer

Were you stressed or anxious? I don’t always get the same amount of milk in each pumping session. I find that drinking water helps.

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