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.
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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.
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Too much water can actually be bad for your supply. In the early days I pounded water & 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 & snack so 4-5 times a day.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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
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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!
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80-100 oz! I was so thirsty!
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I drank if I was thirsty.
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