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@highwire: I reduced pumping sessions from 4 to 3, but didn't like how much my supply went down, so I started adding 2 T of brewers yeast and 4 bags of Mothers Milk Tea to my diet. After 2 days I was producing as much in 3 pumps as I previously produced in 4. My morning pump session went from 12 oz. to 15 oz. I'll probably go back to pumping 4x just because, but I do like how these two have increased my supply. Good luck!

I have found that for me the only thing that works really well is power pumping and upping my calories. I have tried MMP and mothers milk tea but nothing works better than a few power pumping sessions. I found that the tea worked better for me than the MMP.

@purrpletulips: the only way it tastes decent to me is if I mix it with almond butter (I'm allergic to peanuts). I mix 1 T brewers yeast with 3 T almond butter and a dash of salt then put it on saltines. Unfortunately, almond butter has a crapload of calories so I tried adding 1 T of brewers yeast to a small glass of chocolate milk today.. If you chug it, it's doable.. I've also tried cookies, but meh.. I don't like the taste so eating that many cookies was not very enjoyable + lots of calories.. Bad combo.

I think I read somewhere that the risk of mastitis decreases the longer you've been nursing? And providing you're emptying the breast frequently the higher supply shouldn't be too much of an issue.

@78h2o: yeah, I'm pretty lucky. I think it helped that I was pumping + breast feeding since LO was 1 week old (she had to be readmitted), so my supply has always been more than she needs.

Also, that's just my morning session.. I produce 20 oz more in my other 2-3 sessions. I wish I could pump 15 oz. each time.. Then I'd only ave to pump twice a day!