Did I ruin my milk supply??

Question

Baby girl falls asleep when latched On so I’ve been pumping and bottle feeding her. I’ve usually been able to pump 3.5-6 oz each session every 2-3 hours. However the past day and a half I’ve been sick so I only pumped like twice to relieve the discomfort but I had enough stock in the fridge to not have to worry about regularly doing it. Now I’m trying to pump regularly again and it seems like I’ve dried up or something. I’m only getting like 2-2.5 oz each time and it’s difficult to even get that. Did I ruin it by skipping that day? Or should I just keep trying to pump and it should restore?

Answer

Drink lots of water being sick can cause dehydration. Also I would get some mothers milk tea or try to eat some oatmeal. Dont overdo it though because you can get a huge oversupply. That happened to me.

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If you were sick you might be dehydrated which messes with supply. Try drinking lots of water!!

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I did the same and ended up messing up my milk supply as pumping is not the same as breastfeeding. In the early weeks, baby has to breastfeed constantly as this is what stimulates milk production. Pumping, primarily, removes milk and will only provide little stimulation as the stimulation comes from babies mouth and tongue on the nipple instead. It's not just physical... baby latching on triggers a strong hormonal response too that facilitates milk production. Pumps just can't replicate either of those things, unfortunately. 
When breastfeeding and milk supply has been well established (some 8-12 weeks later), then you can pump and it won't drastically affect the milk supply.

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Yes. I agree wit last post.

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Drink lots and lots of water! I have mastitis right now and the doctor told me I need to drink a ton of water to keep my supply up since I'm not feeling good.

Did I ruin my milk supply??

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