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It happens to me a lot. I go through periodic weeks where my supply seems to be down. Illness can definitely cause it. Typically you don't recover since production tapers down in the afternoon. If I need enough to make up bottles for the next day. I stay up a bit late and pump after N goes to bed or I'll pump before work the next day. I also pump once in the mornings on the weekends to have more milk as a buffer in the fridge in case of bad pumping days.

Eat an avocado and mainline the water. I've added an avocado at lunchtime to my diet in the past couple of weeks, and the days I eat one I am able to get what I need for daycare (12 oz).

@LovelyPlum: When my morning sessions have been terrible, I usually tried to add another session to make up for it. That always seemed to help for me!

A bad morning pump usually meant my output would be low the whole day, unfortunately. I would still stick with my usual sessions though, and it would typically just be the odd day or few days off. I took the worst hits when I was sick, so if you're not feeling well, that might explain it. You should rebound... my LO and I made it EBF through me working full time, even though I didn't produce well for the pump in general, so it can be done. Hang in there and I hope you feel better!