[narnie]

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Nursing was such a wonderful thing for my ds and me... and well lately it has been so frustrating.
My letdown seems to take FOREVER now--maybe my nipples have grown just way too numb to any sensations. DS just gets mad ---and sucks... crys.. sucks...crys... etc...I just keep gettting more and more frustrated all along--which I know doesn't help matters, but its hard. Especially at night...I know that most of you co-sleep...we tried and it's just not working. DS is very mobile and just keeps trying to crawl out of bed. So, he still gets up every four hours at night which is hard enough--but then I have to get out of bed and try to nurse him with a much delayed letdown and frustrated sleepy DS.

You know I just hate feeling this way about nursing. I used to have SO much milk and it was just easier. Now it seems I'm always on the verge of not having enough and it takes forever to come out. I've been trying fenugreek for the supply issues mostly around AF. What's going on?
I don't know if there's advice for this--or just deal with it. I don't want to be a baby. Thank goodness to be able to be giving DS breastmilk..I guess some people just can't.

 

[Lazyhead]

I am so sorry that you are going through such a hard time right now.

Are you keeping yourself hydrated? Has the number of nursing sessions per day dropped recently?

I have never tried Fenugreek but I did use a tincture called "Mother's Milk Plus" when my DH was a few months old. It seemed to help.

I also think when they are really learning their mobility they get out of bed all the time. It's very exciting to them so they're practicing around the clock. I don't think my DD climbed or fell out of bed more often than when she was about 9 months old!

Also, it could be teeth. I know, I know, it's always friggin teeth

But sore teeth could cause some of the crying. Hurty mouth and no instantaneous relief with mama milk.

Maybe you should get yourself to a La Leche meeting. A very helpful and knowledgable bunch. And to repeat their mantra "This too shall pass."

Good luck to you mama.

(edited for grammar!)

 

[mom2PJS]

I'm having similar issues. I had major oversupply/ engorgement/ overactive letdown probs for 14 weeks. Now at 6 months it takes 1-3 minutes for a letdown... and she gets pissed. She never had to work for milk or wait for a letdown... just deal with choking and sputtering. I've been trying real (not instant) oatmeal, mothers milk tea and shaking/ massaging right before she feeds... or massaging the other side while shes squirming and screaming (public feeding is out of the question for us right now... talk about drama) Then the more frustrated I get the less likely a letdown... At times when pumping prior to feeding is possible or maybe a manual hand pump on the other side to speed it up? Staying hydrated helps. Mine gets a lot of EBM in bottles DH is home while I work 48 hour shifts once a week. My LC recommended slow flow or preemie nipples a thought if yours is getting bottles. Mine has always had high flow from me and bottles...it just didn't feel right to frustrate her more....I feel your pain. Hope this helps a little

 

[cellarstella]

my supply used to be through the roof and is now going down as well, at 3 months. Between this and some possible teething (crossing my fingers that it's not that) I've got a frustrated babe. I do compression and switch sides a lot to amp up the flow, as well as drink lots of water. This morning I woke up totally engorged again, but the supply dwindled by the end of the day. Baby is getting enough to eat, not worried about that... but the popping on and off thing is soooo not fun!

 

[mom2PJS]

Yes I know that my supply is adequate, I pump at work and bring home 64oz...a gallon o' breast milk LOL (It is a 48 hour shift... ) She takes about 32oz a day, so if I can pump that much I know she is more efficientthan the dang pump, so supply is fine. I wonder if these OALD babes just get so used to the abundant supply that they have trouble adjusting to "normal" Don't know what to do about it so I keep blaming everything on teething. (For 2 months now and still no teeth