https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:07:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/water-intake-while-nursing#post-1548343 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 16:58:33 +0000 MrsH 1548343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drank if I was thirsty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/water-intake-while-nursing#post-1548315 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 16:38:05 +0000 autumnlove 1548315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>80-100 oz! I was so thirsty! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/water-intake-while-nursing#post-1548313 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 16:36:39 +0000 birdofafeather 1548313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was parched in the first several months and drank a ton of water! Now I forget a lot but I've been trying to be better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/water-intake-while-nursing#post-1548059 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:37:14 +0000 cheesetomywhine 1548059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am not a big drinker normally and when I was breastfeeding R I just drank if I was thirsty. My supply was fine and I was able to pump a bit extra if I wanted. But I may just not need a lot of fluids to exist! Good luck and don't feel like you have to constantly chug water :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/water-intake-while-nursing#post-1548013 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 11:56:20 +0000 bisous 1548013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drink around 70-80 oz a day, when I don't, it doesn't make much of a difference. I find skipping a meal or eating something unusually light impacts my supply more. So much for that diet! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/water-intake-while-nursing#post-1548011 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 11:55:51 +0000 matador84 1548011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm drinking out of a bubba keg. I wasn't drinking hardly any water because I wasn't remembering to. It's helped because it has a straw and I can fill it up a couple times a day. I didn't drink nearly enough with DS and I had super low supply. I just drink until I'm not thirsty. I think it is 64 oz.</p> <p>[attach=2081/14/n3khp4.450x600.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/water-intake-while-nursing#post-1548008 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 11:54:06 +0000 Beyond2 1548008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Im not normally a big water drinker. Getting 8 cups a day is nearly torture, but in the first 6 months of nursing I was so so thirsty. I drank way more then and on the days I didn't I saw a definite decrease in production of milk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/water-intake-while-nursing#post-1548006 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 11:51:58 +0000 daniellemybelle 1548006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Too much water can actually be bad for your supply. In the early days I pounded water &amp; it didn't help. Drink to thirst! Of course many of us are chronically thirsty... I try to just have a big glass of water with each meal &amp; snack so 4-5 times a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/water-intake-while-nursing#post-1547996 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 11:41:56 +0000 hilsy85 1547996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think as long as you are properly hydrated (and that amount is different for everyone) then more water doens't necessarily help your supply. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/water-intake-while-nursing#post-1547992 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 11:39:10 +0000 Bao 1547992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How much water did you drink throughout the day while nursing? Was it more than what you would normally drink while not nursing? I'm having a hard time drinking enough water, it just slips my mind. I'm wondering if increasing my water intake will help me pump more, since I'm trying to build a small freezer stash for if I need to leave E. Did more or less water affect your supply at all? Obviously not enough will lower it, but just curious others experience. </p>