sudden breastfeeding issue

Valerie
The past few days my 9 month old has been struggling with nursing. When I say struggling I mean he will latch then unlatch repeatedly all the while becoming angry and frustrated. Eventually he does settle down, but my once 5-10 minute nurser is suddenly nursing for twice as long. Could my supply have dropped and that's why he's acting like this? I did take some allergy medicine could that have caused low supply? Also my husband and I have started trying for number 2, so could that possibly be it?
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Yes to the medicine. No to ttc unless you are pregnant. And in that case you might be loosing your supply which is what usually happens because of hormones.What happens when he unlatches and you squeeze your nipples? Does milk squirt out or no?Have you gotten your period back? The first couple of times you could see a drop in supply.

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Antihistamines can temporarily drop your supply. My doc JUST told me this on Wednesday. Drink lots of h2o. My baby acts the same on the left (my low producer) and I've determined that's when she can't get anymore milk.