I had issues with my milk coming in late and a low supply. Now I have an oversupply and issues with engorgement. Despite this, I can't get myself to stop pumping after breastfeeding, drinking scandalous amounts of eater, eating oatmeal or taking fenugreek and blessed thistle! I guess I am just afraid my supply will drop...
My freezer stash is plentiful but I am just exhausted! Did you have to wean yourself from breastmilk supplements, etc? Help! 
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Oh I can relate to this for sure!
I was pumping like crazy, eating lactation cookies, oatmeal, taking fenugreek and blessed thistle and I could not stop pumping, storing, freezing, counting my stash and admiring lol...
I ended up having a thryiod condition and had to stop taking fenugreek. Then DS was diagnosed with FPIES (crazy form of food allergies) which meant we could not use ANY of the 1000+ oz of milk I had stored. After donating the milk, I kinda got depressed about my stash and I felt/feel like what's the point in pumping/saving now? I still do it, but not to the extent of before since more than likely everything I pump will get donated.
I guess donating was my form of rehab. I'm glad it went to a good cause, the baby I donated to will be esclusively breast fed until 6 months, but I miss my stash....
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I wish I had stored more than I did. I had oversupply early on and didn't take advantage of it. My supply tanked at 6-7 months and DH was weaned by 8 months. The freezer stash we did have got us through those 2 months when I wasn't pumping enough, plus maybe another week after I stopped nursing/pumping altogether, but I wish I had a bigger stash so I could have kept him on breast milk longer. Formula is expensive!!
@anbanan15 That's awesome that you donated your milk!
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i took them for a month and then just quit cold turkey when my supply got up to a good level. i wish i could quit pumping! i admire you for keeping it up that long. i'm too lazy...
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I take More Milk Plus (Motherlove) and my current bottle is running low. I was debating about whether to buy another, since they are $35 a bottle. It would probably last me about a month. My supply is fine now (DS is 2 mos old) and I'm able to freeze 4-8 oz a day, which is adding up quickly. But I want the supply to stay up! I'm afraid if I don't buy more, and my supply drops, it will stay down even if I go get more. If it weren't so expensive, I definitely would - I'm hooked too!
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