https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Jul 2026 04:15:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-supply-is-tanking-at-7-months#post-1873411 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:47:18 +0000 artsyfartsy 1873411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: I know right!! I feel like I've made it too far to give up now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-supply-is-tanking-at-7-months#post-1873381 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:06:09 +0000 AmandaB8 1873381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you replaced your membranes on your pump (assuming you have a medela)? </p> <p>Also - make sure you're drinking plenty of water (you should be consuming 1/2 your body weight in oz) and eating plenty of calories. If it is your period, don't stop pumping! It should bounce right back in a few days. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-supply-is-tanking-at-7-months#post-1873277 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:54:26 +0000 ElbieKay 1873277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am having the same problem. I tried to drink more water/tea, am taking fenugreek, and am drinking Mother's Milk Tea even though I hate licorice flavor. I also coslept for a couple of nights which helped. My son is 6.5 months old. We just cut back to two bottles per day, too, since he is a beast about eating solids and that was the only way to stem the freezer stash bleed. I have halved my stash though, so it's disconcerting. I really really really don't want to resort to using formula. I feel like I put in so much effort and made it this far... I don't want the big corporations to win!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-supply-is-tanking-at-7-months#post-1872595 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 08:37:21 +0000 artsyfartsy 1872595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: My period has been acting like it's trying to come back for almost a month now but it hasn't yet. Maybe that has something to do with it too </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-supply-is-tanking-at-7-months#post-1872591 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 08:36:05 +0000 avivoca 1872591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What helps me is to drink lots of water (I try to drink 20 oz. before I get to work in the morning), eat avocado at lunch, and really do a lot of breast compression to make sure I got everything I could.</p> <p>Have you noticed if you are ovulating or about to get your period? My supply always tanks right around both of those times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-supply-is-tanking-at-7-months#post-1872575 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 08:24:47 +0000 Adira 1872575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only thing that worked for me when my supply started to tank was to just pump pump pump. I started pumping after every nursing session on the weekends and in the evenings, and even added extra pumping sessions during the day at work.</p> <p>I'm sorry your supply is tanking. I hear supplements (like fenugeek and Mother's Milk) work for some people, though they didn't work for me. I hope you're able to recover it. &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-supply-is-tanking-at-7-months#post-1872563 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 08:20:00 +0000 artsyfartsy 1872563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm doing my morning pump and I used to get at least 4-5oz (he gets 2 5oz bottles on a good day and 2 8 oz bottles on a bad day.) from this pump even if T nursed twice before work. Now I'm getting 1.5 oz per boob...and this is still my largest pump of the day. I feel pretty positive my pump and parts are still working fine. I don't have supply issues when I BF all day. </p> <p>We're ramping up solids so I am nursing less on weekends when I'm home with him so I'm sure that's the culprit. But I don't think he's ready for less milk at daycare yet. At home I nurse him after solids but he can't get that at daycare. </p> <p>I have to keep pumping until October 31st when I'm laid off for the season at work. I was hoping to get a part time job, but not of I won't be able to continue to pump. I tried pumping again at night but I get just drops. Freezer stash is depleted too. Help. :( </p>