Hey all...
I was just wondering if anyone has had any positive experience with barley water to increase their milk supply?
Like many bfing mama's here, I've had supply problems since my son was about 3 months old. Before that I had more than enough. Going back to work I used the pump more than I was actually nursing which I think may have contributed to the problem as well as cutting out dairy when he was colicky (he isn't anymore so I've resumed eating it)- i think I just wasn't eating enough fats and drinking enough water.
I've tried fenugreek capsules- I was taking 3 capsules 3x daily (9 total), as well as Nursing Tea and a homeade, fresh, organic herbal tea from an herbalist friend of mine (it included fenugreek seed, fennel seed, raspberry leaf, and I think something else). She also gave me a big bottle of organic fennel seeds for the barley water. She said to boil 1/2 cup of barley in 3 cups water until cooked, strain and pour 1 cup boiling barley water over 1 tsp fennel seed and steep for 20 minutes, then drink...several times a day. It seems hard to plan out to do this enough as I also work so I'm not always home to do this.
My son is almost 5 months old now and I have had to supplement in addition to bm. It seems that the onlt time I have a big enough supply is when I'm off from work for a few days at a time so I can sleep, rest, and have more time for nursing. Unfortunately I can't afford not to work! Any suggestions? I asked a few mama friends about this and one of them recommended I got straight here to you all and post this! Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Or even just your own personal experiences with supply issues like this? Need support! Please and thank you!
I was just wondering if anyone has had any positive experience with barley water to increase their milk supply?
Like many bfing mama's here, I've had supply problems since my son was about 3 months old. Before that I had more than enough. Going back to work I used the pump more than I was actually nursing which I think may have contributed to the problem as well as cutting out dairy when he was colicky (he isn't anymore so I've resumed eating it)- i think I just wasn't eating enough fats and drinking enough water.
I've tried fenugreek capsules- I was taking 3 capsules 3x daily (9 total), as well as Nursing Tea and a homeade, fresh, organic herbal tea from an herbalist friend of mine (it included fenugreek seed, fennel seed, raspberry leaf, and I think something else). She also gave me a big bottle of organic fennel seeds for the barley water. She said to boil 1/2 cup of barley in 3 cups water until cooked, strain and pour 1 cup boiling barley water over 1 tsp fennel seed and steep for 20 minutes, then drink...several times a day. It seems hard to plan out to do this enough as I also work so I'm not always home to do this.
My son is almost 5 months old now and I have had to supplement in addition to bm. It seems that the onlt time I have a big enough supply is when I'm off from work for a few days at a time so I can sleep, rest, and have more time for nursing. Unfortunately I can't afford not to work! Any suggestions? I asked a few mama friends about this and one of them recommended I got straight here to you all and post this! Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Or even just your own personal experiences with supply issues like this? Need support! Please and thank you!
