[sara1313]

I am taking so many pills and I was wondering if anyone only takes domperidone and has success. I take fenugreek, blessed thistle, alfalfa, domperiodne (160mg), goats rue, etc. I was thinking about keeping up with the goats rue if I drop all of the other herbs. No matter how much fenugreek I take, I never smell like maple syrup (and I have taken WAY more than I probably should - 12 grams). It is so hard to know if the herbs are really helping that much. I would like to take just the domperidone and the goats rue. I also drink barley tea.

Thanks for your help.

 

[mysticmomma]

dpd never worked for me at all. I took more milk special blend and had much more success. By the time the dpd was increasing my supply at all, i had such headaches I had to stop anyway.

 

[mama2annabelle]

I had good success with domperidone only. I started with More milk plus and didn't get a good enough result so added the domperidone and shortly after stopped the more milk plus.

 

[Mya's Mommy]

I used the maximum dose of domperidone (16 pills daily), 16 capsules of Fenugreek, and 9 capsules of Blessed thistle daily for 6 months. I could only faintly smell maple syrup on my underarms at times. I used this protocol on the recommendation of my lactation consultant and it did work. I weaned off everything and now my baby is 7 1/2 months and my milk supply is good. I also pumped daily (1-2 times)
Hope that helps, good luck! Don't give up, I know it's frustrating, but it's all worth it!

 

[LilMomma83]

I only take dpd, I know for a fact that fenugreek does NOthing for me..

 

[MariaSangria]

I take domperidone and it has increased my supply somewhat (by maybe 30-50%). I had no success from fenugreek (I took a ridiculous amount too & never smelled like syrup), Mother's Milk tea & tinctures, oatmeal, or a special tincture made by my midwife. One thing that really helped was finding the right pump -- they are not all the same. I went through three hospital grade pumps until I found one that actually gets as much milk as possible. For me, it's the Egnell SMB (sometimes called the "Classic").