So tell me about goat's milk...

ETA: I reread and saw your baby is only 4 months old --have you tried fenugreek and oatmeal? Are you an exclusive pumper or is he nursing?(beautiful babe btw!)

Go to milkshare.com to see if there are generous ladies donating their breastmilk near you-- you can always request copies of their blood screenings and ask questions regarding lifestyle and diet...in addition, if you were still uneasy you could pasteurize their milk on your stovetop. Pasteurizing does kill a lot of beneficial properties(such as enzymes), but pasteurized human milk is still better than any animal milk or formula.

onto animal milks!

Here is a link to the WAP raw milk formula recipes: http://www.westonaprice.org/children/recipes.html

And if you follow the real milk link in my siggie you will learn about the benefits of raw milk(goat or cow) and it will also tell you if there are sources nearby where you live.

Powdered milk such as in formula is much less nutritious than raw. Depending on the age of your baby you will need to sweeten/add carbs to animal milk if it is going to be making up a significant percentage of his diet. Lactose or organic brown rice syrup are the better options -- I would avoid Karo syrup(highly processed and from GMO sources to boot!).

If you simply cannot find raw cow or goat milk in your area -- you can use powdered goats milk as a last resort...here is Dr. Sear's recipe: http://www.askdrsears.com/html/3/t032401.asp Although, this recipe does not seem nutritionally complete to me....really if I could find no raw milk, I would use the reconstituted powder and then follow the WAP recipe.

I hope this helps!

--Amanda

You know...I signed up on milkshare and an LC sent me a couple emails on how to up my supply, but I don't think they actually posted for me

I eat oatmeal every morning, I'm taking 12 fenugreek caplets a day as well as 9 blessed thistle, and I pump at least once an hour while at work. I bf him when I'm at home and that goes well, but when I'm at work I only pump about 7-8 ounces a day. He eats more than that while I'm gone

We're working on reverse cycling and it seems to be catching on a bit. He's still getting about 8-10 oz a day on average I'd say of formula. Well, actually, I can't even average because it's so different on different days. The other day he only had four, a different day he had six, some days he has 15. I'll go read through those links and do my best to find raw goats milk. I'm sure I could...

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I think they do what they can to try to help a mother increase her supply and if she is unable to sufficiently increase her milk then they add your request to the board. A mom's own milk is the best for her baby of course so they are just really caring ladies that want to help -- a lot of women find that they do not need donor milk after a few weeks of herbs and "techniques", but some still need it and thanks to this, there is more donor milk available for those mamas who really do need it. I would try e-mailing them again.

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