https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:33:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2096563 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 12:07:17 +0000 Bluebonnet 2096563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: At one point I had a recipe, but I started just throwing ingredients in the blender and it all worked out.</p> <p>I can't find the exact recipe I used, but it was something like this:<br /> - 1 cup almond milk<br /> - 1 banana (frozen)<br /> - 1 Tbsp brewers yeast<br /> - 1/3 cup oats<br /> - 2 Tbsp cocoa powder<br /> - 1-2 Tbsp almond butter<br /> - flax seeds</p> <p>I would always use brewers yeast, oatmeal, flax seeds, and a banana. Sometimes I'd add yogurt, spinach, and fruit (but not use almond butter and cocoa). I was just trying to get lots of brewers yeast, oatmeal, and flax seeds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2096486 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:33:39 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2096486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: sorry my last sentence got cut off. If you're up that often anyways what about co sleeping? Letting them nurse non stop overnight while you snooze is a great way to boost supply (aka increase demand to stimulate more supply). Not sure if you're comfortable sleeping together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2096311 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 10:45:35 +0000 snowjewelz 2096311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Way to go! I totally feel your pain... I'm like staring at the lines on the bottle and calculating in my head... I literally JUST make enough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2096230 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:56:59 +0000 Adira 2096230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: I'd be so sleep deprived at that point that I don't think I could function at all. I'm so impressed by you!! And YAY for getting 1.5 oz before bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2096219 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:52:12 +0000 regberadaisy 2096219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: no, I agree she probably doesn't need to eat every two hours overnight. It's hard to remember that in sleepy fog though!<br /> I pumped last night while watching tv and got 1.5 oz! Woohoo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2094372 Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:03:01 +0000 Adira 2094372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: That seems like it SHOULD be plenty. How long is she in daycare? Can you try stretching out how long she goes between eating at night to try to limit her MOTN wake-ups? Every 2 hours seems like a lot seems like it probably isn't necessary with how much she's eating during the day... Though obviously you know your baby best! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2094355 Wed, 04 Mar 2015 10:55:02 +0000 regberadaisy 2094355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: she gets (4)3.5oz of BM.</p> <p>@edelweiss: yeah most days it takes me total 30 minutes for set up and breakdown to get my first letdown. So I really can't go any longer. It's a small office so being gone 30m 3x a day is a lot! </p> <p>Hopefully power pumping at night as trying to pump after the morning feed helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2094077 Wed, 04 Mar 2015 08:20:29 +0000 edelweiss 2094077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i did 2 things that seemed to help: adding a pumping session right before i go to bed and lengthening my pumping sessions. after the first letdown, i would continue pumping until the second letdown. sometimes this meant at least 10 minutes of pumping in between letdowns with no milk coming out. it's definitely a time commitment though which i know isn't easy at work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2094055 Wed, 04 Mar 2015 07:58:04 +0000 Adira 2094055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: How big are her bottles for daycare? Does she seem like she's actually drinking a lot overnight or do you think she's maybe just waking out of habit at this point? Either way, I'm AMAZED that you're still functioning on so little sleep for so long! Kudos to you!! &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2093738 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 20:41:56 +0000 regberadaisy 2093738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: @psw27: @Adira: @Mrs. High Heels: @MapleMoose: thanks, I'll try power pumping before bed!</p> <p>@Adira: @brownie: we increased because she was waking up so much at night so I thought maybe she needed more during the day? We asked her teachers and they said although she isn't screaming for more she does keep sucking after the bottle is done. So they suggested adding 1/2 ounce to each bottle. She takes it no problem at daycare but it has not help the overnight sleep!</p> <p>@kiddosc: 1) I don't know! My body is used to it because her older sister slept like crap till about 1 also?!? But in all seriousness she was great the first two weeks then it went to all hell and got worse around the 4m. I sleep trained and it was great for about 2 weeks. Then she got sick and it got bad again. She's only at daycare 3 days a week and her sleep is no better the days she's home with me. I know my supply is fine when not pumping because I offer and she won't take it and I still leak. She is very distracted when nursing now so I offer more often than she looks for it to make sure she's eating enough.</p> <p>@T.H.O.U.: I'm short about 2-3 ounces depending on the day. But I'm already only getting like 1.5hr stretches of sleep...waaahhh hahaha</p> <p>@psw27: hm I can't do that on work days because she usually has a wake up between 530-6am and 6 is when I need to wake for the day. But on the days I'm home I can certainly have DH take her and pump afterwards.</p> <p>@Bluebonnet: do you have a lactation smoothie recipe?</p> <p>And I think wagon posted a lactation cookie recipe - I'll check it out!</p> <p>Thanks ladies! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2093478 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:44:37 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2093478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How many ounces are you short? </p> <p>Pump during your commute? </p> <p>Also, if you're up every two hours anyways what </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2093403 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:48:39 +0000 psw27 2093403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats on 6 months! </p> <p>I pump right when I get up in the morning and before LO gets up for the day. I get a ton of milk in that first session (more that I pump the rest of the day combined...) and LO doesn't seem to be unsatisfied even if he nurses an hour or so later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2093390 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:39:54 +0000 Bluebonnet 2093390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lactation cookies or lactation smoothies<br /> Brewer's yeast - in smoothies, on oatmeal, etc<br /> Increase your protein</p> <p>@kiddosc: has some really good thoughts on reverse cycling and comfort nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2093388 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:39:40 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2093388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats on making it to 6 months!!</p> <p>Can you squeeze in pumping right after your morning nursing session, where your supply is the highest? Another vote for power pumping and lactation cookies (one that calls for Brewer's Yeast!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2093385 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:38:47 +0000 brownie 2093385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Why did the bottles increase? Formula fed babies need more oz for more calories but typically breastfed babies don't because the calorie count in the milk changes. </p> <p>My best pumping time was the first feeding in the morning (and my son reverse cycled so he nursed all night long). I nursed him on one side and pumped the other and would get as much in that one pump as I would all day. Then I switched him and the pump (just for more feedback). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2093381 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:33:12 +0000 miramira 2093381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, squeeze in extra pumping or nursing sessions when you can in the evening or at weekends.</p> <p>Also, an EBF baby waking every 2 hrs at 6mo is not unusual, especially if she's away from her mama most of the day and needs to reconnect via nursing (comfort or feeding) at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2093344 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:17:43 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2093344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to add a pumping session in the morning and at night, as well as making sure to wait for a 2nd letdown with every pump session at work </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2093332 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:13:37 +0000 bunnylove08 2093332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>you can also try mother's milk tea <a href="http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=82661&#038;catid=190040&#038;aid=338666&#038;aparam=82661&#038;kpid=82661&#038;CAWELAID=120142990000008594&#038;CAGPSPN=pla&#038;kpid=82661" rel="nofollow">http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=82661&#038;catid=190040&#038;aid=338666&#038;aparam=82661&#038;kpid=82661&#038;CAWELAID=120142990000008594&#038;CAGPSPN=pla&#038;kpid=82661</a></p> <p> and fenugreek </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2093233 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:32:02 +0000 MapleMoose 2093233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another vote for power pumping, also lactation cookies </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2093226 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:29:26 +0000 kiddosc 2093226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She wakes up every two hours at night? Are you feeding her each time?<br /> 1) Holy Cow, how are you functional on such little sleep for 6 months?<br /> 2) If she's actually eating, and not just comfort nursing at night, it sounds like she's already not getting enough during the day (reverse cycling) and you may want to increase her bottles more<br /> 3) If she's just comfort nursing, have you considered some sleep training? </p> <p>All that being said, The only thing that ever worked for me was power pumping. And I added in pumping sessions after he went to bed and on the weekends to make up the deficit from what I couldn't pump during the work week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2093206 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:23:21 +0000 Adira 2093206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Out of curiosity, why did you increase her bottles for daycare?</p> <p>Power pumping is a good way to increase your supply. I used to do it for an hour before bed every day. You could also try pumping after feeds in the morning/evening/weekends to have extra for the week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2093200 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:22:20 +0000 snowjewelz 2093200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You made it to 6 months tho, yaaay! </p> <p>It sucks b/c there really isn't time to add in pumping sessions.. Does she get a longer stretch at all? Her 1st stretch is still just 2 hrs? </p> <p>Can you possibly pump longer at work to get another let down? </p> <p>I get the most milk from my 1st pump so I stay as long as I can to get as much milk knowing that the next 2 pumps I barely get enough.</p> <p>I was told avocado is good for milk supply too? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/increase-supply-tips#post-2093159 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:11:01 +0000 regberadaisy 2093159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD2's daycare bottles were recently increased which means I'm not always pumping enough for her anymore.<br /> Besides drinking water, eating oatmeal and taking MMP pills, what else can I do? I already pump 3x while at work. She wakes up every 2 hours overnight so I don't see where I can add a pump session.<br /> She's 6m and we just started solids. But from my experience that won't decrease her milk intake because I want her primary source of nutrition to be breastmilk till she's one.</p> <p>I'll like to exhaust my options before going to supplementing. I'm obviously not opposed since dd 1 was supplemented for a year! ;) </p>