https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:34:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supply-tanked-after-long-weekend#post-2228477 Tue, 07 Jul 2015 08:34:18 +0000 irishmama 2228477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: As it turns out, I got my period about two hours after I posted this! It's my first one post-partum, so I hadn't even thought of that as a possible cause. I'm glad to know that there was a good reason for the drop, and am freaking out a bit less now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supply-tanked-after-long-weekend#post-2228016 Mon, 06 Jul 2015 16:43:57 +0000 josina 2228016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could there be any other reasons you pumped less, like getting your period, or not drinking as much water / eating as much?<br /> I noticed I was producing less if I didn't eat enough during the day, and I did produce less on my period.<br /> It did help to pump 25 minutes (vs. 20) (and drink more water) and after about a week I would be back up to 5 oz. each time. I think the least I got was 3.5 oz at a time. (I also pump 3x per day and give 3-5 oz bottles to daycare).<br /> I think if he's drinking everything you're giving to daycare I'd keep giving that? Can you add another pumping session a couple hours after he goes to bed to keep up? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/supply-tanked-after-long-weekend#post-2227938 Mon, 06 Jul 2015 15:27:36 +0000 irishmama 2227938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is turning 1yo next week. He is still breastfed, nursing twice a day at home (wakeup and bedtime), and taking three 4-5 oz pumped bottles a day at daycare for 12-15oz total (nursing 5x a day on weekends). Obviously he has been eating more and more solid foods as we get closer to the one year mark! </p> <p>Today at work I was only able to pump 9 oz. I went quite a bit longer on each pumping than usual because there just wasn't the amount I was used to, but no amount of compressions or time was going to get me any more milk. I used to have MORE milk after a long weekend, not less! LO was intolerant of dairy in my diet, so I was really hoping to keep up breastmilk past one year. He also has surgery for a congenital issue scheduled for mid-August, and I very much want to be able to comfort nurse. </p> <p>I guess I'm just wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Should I just take this to mean that I have been sending in larger bottles than he needs, and send in just what I pump? Unfortunately my freezer stash is very low because of a few business trips, so supplementing from the freezer will only solve the problem for a few days. </p> <p>Any advice would be greatly appreciated! </p>