Hellobee Boards Topic: Did your milk come in "late?"

Hellobee Boards Topic: Did your milk come in "late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 06:28:02 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880968 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:35:31 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 880968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 3 out of the 4 factors and it took 5 days. matador84 on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880949 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:27:19 +0000 matador84 880949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Natural birth, Iv post birth delivered fri at 2am milk came in mon afternoon PurpleUnicorn on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880937 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:22:08 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 880937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ my milk came in within 72 hours and I had all 4 of the "risk factors" skibobrown on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880922 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:14:23 +0000 skibobrown 880922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Navy_Mommy: No, it was almost definitely not that. It's still unexplained. Maybe my body just doesn't make enough milk -- that is rare, but certainly possible. There are some other possibilities as well, but we never found any definitive answers. Kemma on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880888 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 18:44:35 +0000 Kemma 880888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had a long, augmented labour (27 hours), a ventouse delivery, an epidural and lots of Iv fluids and my milk took about five days to come in. Miss A was born on Tuesday afternoon, I had heaps of colustrum on the Saturday, my milk transitioned on the Sunday and by Monday my milk had arrived. I didn't supplement at all blackbird on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880727 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:20:53 +0000 blackbird 880727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had her Friday at noon and it came in overnight on Tuesday. So not too much longer than 72 hours. I was induced, had an epi, and IV fluids. But it had zero to do with LO's hypertension, which was ultimately the biggest factor in us not BFing. No big Ree723 on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880722 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:16:05 +0000 Ree723 880722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mine came in about 75 hrs after I gave birth and I'd had a epidural and IV fluids. I never thought of my milk coming in late, but I guess it just missed the cut off for being 'on time'! Regardless, we never had to supplement so it wasn't an issue. Navy_Mommy on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880719 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:13:38 +0000 Navy_Mommy 880719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had pitocin, iv meds, and an epidural and my milk came in about 60 hours after birth. Navy_Mommy on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880715 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:12:26 +0000 Navy_Mommy 880715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @skibobrown: I had a friend who found out after weeks of getting more and more "second opinions" that part of her placenta was still in her body and it was preventing her milk from coming in. Maybe something like that happened?? JerricaBenton on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880639 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:34:07 +0000 JerricaBenton 880639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was induced and had a c-section. Milk came in on day 5. The lcs all said it was normal and I never supplemented. CupQuakeWalk on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880634 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:32:23 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 880634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My came in on the 4th day and I had IVS and an Epi. Maysprout on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880583 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:11:39 +0000 Maysprout 880583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mine came in maybe 2-1/2 days after birth, but I had lots of colostrum before that. I did have an epidural/fluids/and a tiny bit of pitocin but didn't receive anything till I was 8 cm and had been in labor over 24 hours at that point so maybe late the interventions didnt make a significant impact on milk. The only thing Ive noticed from talking to friends is all of them who had a c section had their milk come in after 72 hours. skibobrown on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880240 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:24:31 +0000 skibobrown 880240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had a whole pile of interventions during the final stages of my labor (but no C-section). My milk essentially never came in. We worked with a lactation consultant, but nothing worked. We never received any real answers as to what went wrong, but I don't necessarily blame the interventions. MsLipGloss on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880230 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:21:54 +0000 MsLipGloss 880230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @highwire: Same. I had 3 of the 4 risk factors, and my milk came in on Day 5. Longest 5 days of my life! GrapeCrush on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880224 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:19:10 +0000 GrapeCrush 880224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had all 4 interventions on there and my milk was in before we left the hospital. (I had him Wednesday night and we left Saturday afternoon) LaineysMom on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-880187 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:10:23 +0000 LaineysMom 880187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mine came in on day 3 after a cesarean. She was back up to her birth weight when we left the hospital on day 4. sarac on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-879965 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:10:39 +0000 sarac 879965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had every last one of those interventions, and it came in 'late' - on day four of life. My mother had an unmedicated birth, and her milk was exactly the same. I made plenty of colostrum before that - as do most women. This fear mongering about milk coming in 'late' or 'not late' is really sad - 2-5 days is the norm, with 5 days being just as normal as 2. It really perpetuates the notion that if your milk isn't in by the time you leave the hospital, it's 'late', and something is wrong, and you need to do something else. Very frequently, that just isn't the case. immabeetoo on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-879427 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:51:10 +0000 immabeetoo 879427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had an epidural and pain meds but my milk came in within 24 hours of leaving the hospital so within 72 hours of birth. MamaMoose on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-879423 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:50:25 +0000 MamaMoose 879423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had two of the four interventions (IV fluids and pain meds) and my milk was in within 36 hours. Rainbow Sprinkles on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-879420 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:49:59 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 879420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mine came in 48 hours after birth. autumnlove on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-879412 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:47:25 +0000 autumnlove 879412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Day 9 for my first after a cesarean with a failed spinal block and 30 something hours of labor. Oh yeah, I had a cervidil and pitocin induction with IV fluids. Day 6 for my second after a cesarean with a uterine hemorrhage after delivering. I had IV fluids and painkillers before the surgery. cascademom on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-879402 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:43:34 +0000 cascademom 879402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm another day 5 here. We had a rough day 3, but a visit to the peds office helped. We started supplementing on day 3 with the blessing of the peds office. After the initial stress subsided, my milk came in. I had an epidural and IV with a 14 hour labor. The article is interesting because they almost make it seem like having any one of the four is bad. I had to have IV antibiotics because of GBS. Without those antibiotics, my labor might not have been a successful, almost routine/textbook vaginal birth. LO could have also been at a health risk if the GBS transferred to him. If it made me getting my milk in slower, to me, it just means that it look awhile longer to get into a breastfeeding rhythm. sera_87 on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-879388 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:38:33 +0000 sera_87 879388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mine came in between 48-72 hours after, I had pain meds & IV fluids. lovehoneybee on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-879382 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:35:49 +0000 lovehoneybee 879382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mine came in about 24 hrs after birth, and I had epidurals and IV fluids. bpcmarj on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-879322 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:15:23 +0000 bpcmarj 879322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had a cervidil and pitocin induction with IV fluids. My milk came in on the 4th day (she was born late monday night, and my milk came in late on Thursday). But, I was told by my midwife and LC that it is normal for it to take up to 5 days, so I wasn't worried. I knew she was getting colostrum and that her little bit of weight loss was normal. Mrsbells on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-879290 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:08:50 +0000 Mrsbells 879290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had cervidil & pitocin induction, i also had a csection. Milk came in on day 3 runsyellowlites on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-879277 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:06:55 +0000 runsyellowlites 879277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had no intervention & I think it took ~2.5 days for mine to come in with P. I also had TONS of colostrum (I could squirt it in P's mouth even when she wouldn't latch) so I wasn't concerned about it even if it had taken longer. My milk came in almost 7 days after G was born & I had every intervention listed. ETA: There should be one more vote for NO b/c I only voted for my experience with G, not P too. MrsF on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-879262 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:02:08 +0000 MrsF 879262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was induced with cervadil and pitocin, was on magnesium, had IV fluids and IV pain meds (I had terrible abdominal pain from hellp syndrome even before my induction) and an epidural - and my milk came in in 48 hours :) I'm so glad it was one thing we didn't have to worry about! mrsjazz on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-879258 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:01:27 +0000 mrsjazz 879258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had 3 out of 4 of the risk factors and my milk came in within the 72 hours in the hospital. I was super duper engorged...but baby would not latch! mrsjyw on "Did your milk come in "late?"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-milk-come-in-late#post-879252 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:00:23 +0000 mrsjyw 879252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ day 5/6... I had IV fluids and pain meds.