https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 04:48:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-25719 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:27:17 +0000 cupcakemama 25719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@amy: 20 oz!!! Oh my! One of my friends is similarly blessed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-25718 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:26:15 +0000 cupcakemama 25718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't had to take anything to maintain supply. I have been lucky enough to stay home with LO who is now 7 months. Had i had to pump at work it may have been a different story, though when I have needed to pump I have been able to get 5 - 6 oz fairly easily so I think my supply was fairly good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24888 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:07:42 +0000 Mrs. Bee 24888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@amy: 20oz in one session?! amazing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24871 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:46:31 +0000 ohapostrophe 24871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work 3 or 4 days a week and pump enough at work to cover the time I'm away. I'm realize I'm lucky to have good luck pumping....it seems to actually boost my supply more than nursing does, but I know I'm in the minority with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24633 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:00:02 +0000 amy 24633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I exclusively pumped for my daughter and didn't need any supplements. She just had no interest in nursing.</p> <p>For my son he preferred nursing but I went back to work when he was 4 months so he also was fed expressed milk in a bottle. I pumped until he turned one and didn't need any supplements. But I will say I had an over supply, I could pump more then 20oz in one session if I wanted to be completely empty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24630 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:58:58 +0000 Sha 24630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't need any supplements until about 6 months and it was my own fault bc I had reduced my sessions thinking I was going to wean the baby soon. But it turned out he couldn't tolerate formula (kept throwing up) so I had to up my supply quickly. I used fenugreek but not consistently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24606 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:42:18 +0000 themcmom 24606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mekarual: I hadn't heard of them either until someone posted about them on my local LLL FB page. Here's where I found my recipe: <a href="http://www.drmomma.org/2010/08/lactation-cookies-recipe-increasing.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.drmomma.org/2010/08/lactation-cookies-recipe-increasing.html</a></p> <p>I found cooking them less than the time they say keeps them from getting dry. Also, they, um, clean me out so to speak, but not in an awful way though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24574 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:15:06 +0000 L2sweetpea 24574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So far I haven't needed any supplements. I return to work in 2 weeks and I'm hoping not to need any then either. We shall see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24551 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:54:32 +0000 mekarual 24551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@themcmom: What are milk making cookies? Sounds delicious!</p> <p>I exclusively breastfeed and haven't had to use anything to boost supply. I attribute this to the fact that I'm a SAHM, and we got a really good start to BFing while in the hospital. I also pump once a day so that I have frozen milk for when husband and I eventually go on a date and I can have wine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24547 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:46:55 +0000 Mrsbells 24547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LivsMama: Lol!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24545 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:46:15 +0000 Mrsbells 24545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: Thanks for explaining that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24524 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:30:19 +0000 themcmom 24524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, I'm not taking supplements per say, but I'm eating 2 Major Milk Makin' Cookies a day and drinking healthy lactation tea occassionally. I don't think that I need any of it, but I do it because it makes me feel better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24519 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:26:55 +0000 brownie 24519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have breastfed for 7 months exclusively while working. We nurse 5 times a day and he gets 2 bottles of expressed milk a day. I pump twice as well. some things that help are when I start to feel like I am not producing enough, I add an extra pump in at work. 2 or 3 days of that and I increase. I also make sure to encourage as much breastfeeding as possible on the weekend. I am so happy that we have been able to do this. My mother wasn't able to breastfeed any of us and worried we wouldn't be able to as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24377 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:17:47 +0000 LivsMama 24377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: I didnt know that either until I started BF/pumping. I can finish pumping until no more drops are even coming out, and Liv can still maange to latch on and gulp enough down to be full. I dont know how they do it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24359 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:13:12 +0000 T.H.O.U. 24359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was home with LO for 3 months and never had to take any supplements or use any formula. </p> <p>Now that I am back at work (third week) I am hoping that by pumping during the day and nursing at night I can keep up but will take supplements if needed later on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24346 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:01:38 +0000 Mrs. Bee 24346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: your supply does increase when you pump, but how much you're able to pump isn't indicative of how much milk you're producing. your baby will be able to get way more milk out of your breast than a pump will. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24344 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:00:39 +0000 Maysprout 24344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been staying at home with LO and never needed to take anything even through a case of mastitis. I have noticed if I eat oatmeal in the morning I leak more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24343 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:58:52 +0000 Wondermommy 24343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I suppose I was blessed, because my milk supply was plentiful, no need for supplements.<br /> I will say that I think diet may play a role in milk supply and production. I have a friend who's vegan, and her milk supply was low in quantity and nutrition at first until her ped told her to start supplementing both for herself, and with formula until things straightened out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24323 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:46:57 +0000 pelikila 24323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I had been a SAHM and was able to be with my baby all day I don't think I would have ever needed supplements. It was once I went back to work and then when I stopped nursing him at lunch every day that supplements became necessary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24319 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:41:17 +0000 Lozza 24319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't need supplements till DS was about 6 months old- that's when I stopped being able to pump enough to feed him at daycare each day, and had to start digging into our freezer stash.<br /> I think, like Mrs. Bee, if I'd breastfed exclusively and hadn't needed to pump (or if I'd only worked - and therefore pumped- part-time or something), I'd have been totally fine.<br /> For the first several months of DS's life, I overproduced, and was banking TONS of milk. I attribute that in large part to being really hyper about pumping while on maternity leave- even though I was nursing full-time, I also pumped probably 3x/day, and I think that was great for establishing a large supply from the get-go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24316 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:40:25 +0000 Mrsbells 24316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh I see, I kinda thought you would get more if you pumped! Shows how much I know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24299 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:14:31 +0000 Mrs. Bee 24299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think if I breastfed exclusively and didn't pump, my supply would have been fine. You just get a lot less when you pump than when your baby nurses! </p> <p>But not pumping meant not being able to work or away from baby, so to me it was a necessity. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-did-any-of-you-breastfeed-succesfully-without-taking-supplements#post-24296 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:10:40 +0000 Mrsbells 24296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Were any of you able to breastfeed successfully without taking any supplements such as fenugreek? </p>