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Originally Posted by mamabear&babybear
For those of you who have btdt, when did your supply drop? I'm only 4 weeks 3 days, but I seem to have more milk than usual.
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Well, from what I have read, *some* mothers experience an increase! Not everyone dries up, so it does vary. I think we are somewhere in between.
My DS (3 yo) was naturally cutting down anyway. I am 8 weeks today, and my M/S and dizziness were so severe that I actually cut him back to just wakeup and nighttime. (okay, and if he was hurt or crying
). I did this on the advice of my acupuncturist (herself a nursing mom of a 2 yo). Now, I want to add that I had actually passed out a couple of times, and was worried about doing so when my DH wasn't home. As soon as I cut down on nursing, the dizziness stopped. Well, and I am also getting acupuncture treatments, as well (which I HIGHLY recommend).
When I am feeling stronger, maybe by 12 weeks? I plan to let DS nurse as much as he wants. But, for now, the nausea is preventing me from ramping up on good nutrition, so we are in a weird state.
Just wanted to add my kind of unusual experience. Honestly, I don't know what I would do without nursing as a way to help my son deal with stress.
He says that he has a baby in his belly, too, and that *he* is going to nurse both his baby and my baby.
Jean
