My DS is 14 months old. He was previously nursing 5x a day, I had a very good supply, quick and easy let down (within about 30 seconds).
Then I went away to a wedding out of the country for 4 days, left DS home with DH, and I pumped twice a day. It might not have been enough I guess. I never did feel engorged or leaky at all, but I figured that was because DS was older and wasn't nursing alot like an infant.
When I got home, DS picked right back up with nursing just fine--but my body did not. It's been a week, and I can feel my supply decreasing each day, and I've only felt my milk let down a few times. The last couple days I haven't felt it let down at all (and I always could feel it prior to the trip). Now DS sucks for like 2 minutes with those quick fluttery motions like he is trying to initiate let down, but I don't see/hear him doing any big swallows like he is drinking. Just small ones every few suckles, like it is possibly just saliva.
I can squeeze my breast and milk does come out in dribbles, but not like it used to.
I started taking Fenugreek 48 hours ago. I'm drinking a bunch of water, trying to relax, focus on the sight, smell, touch of DS, but I feel nothing happening. I feel like my body has performance anxiety
.
HELP! Have I just totally sabotaged our nursing relationship? I'm not ready for this to be over, especially with cold and flu season upon us! I feel like can probably get my supply up eventually (I hope!) but how on earth can I get the let-down response to start happening again? Will it go better once my supply gets back up?
Then I went away to a wedding out of the country for 4 days, left DS home with DH, and I pumped twice a day. It might not have been enough I guess. I never did feel engorged or leaky at all, but I figured that was because DS was older and wasn't nursing alot like an infant.
When I got home, DS picked right back up with nursing just fine--but my body did not. It's been a week, and I can feel my supply decreasing each day, and I've only felt my milk let down a few times. The last couple days I haven't felt it let down at all (and I always could feel it prior to the trip). Now DS sucks for like 2 minutes with those quick fluttery motions like he is trying to initiate let down, but I don't see/hear him doing any big swallows like he is drinking. Just small ones every few suckles, like it is possibly just saliva.
I can squeeze my breast and milk does come out in dribbles, but not like it used to.
I started taking Fenugreek 48 hours ago. I'm drinking a bunch of water, trying to relax, focus on the sight, smell, touch of DS, but I feel nothing happening. I feel like my body has performance anxiety
.HELP! Have I just totally sabotaged our nursing relationship? I'm not ready for this to be over, especially with cold and flu season upon us! I feel like can probably get my supply up eventually (I hope!) but how on earth can I get the let-down response to start happening again? Will it go better once my supply gets back up?
