http://forums.llli.org/ Are you worried about your milk production levels? Find information and support here! en Sun, 19 May 2013 22:51:28 GMT vBulletin 120 http://forums.llli.org/images/misc/rss.png http://forums.llli.org/ http://forums.llli.org/showthread.php?117023-Should-I-try-to-increase&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 02:34:21 GMT My DS will be a year old on the 31st and I plan to continue BF until he self weans. He nurses when it's time to nap (2xday), at bedtime and NUMEROUS times throughout the night, even if only for a few minutes. He wil sometimes nurse when he wakes in the morning as well. Since nursing is the only way he will go to sleep, our nursing session are still usually as long as they were when he was pretty young.

He's getting enough milk when he nurses; he's gaining weight appropriately and producing enough wet/dirty diapers. I'd like to start pumping in between nursing session to start a "milk stash" and to give him in his sippy cup. However, when I pumped after he was first born I could hardly pump any milk at all... I mean like an ounce or two in 30 minutes! I tried both a manual pump and a hand-me-down electric pump.

Should I try to increase my supply so that I may be able to pump more milk? Or try to increase in case I start my period soon? Or just in case it starts to decrease since he's a year old? I know, silly questions haha. But I'm trying to be proactive here! ]]> Increasing Your Milk @llli*ky.momma12 http://forums.llli.org/showthread.php?117023-Should-I-try-to-increase http://forums.llli.org/showthread.php?117021-Magnesium-and-milk-supply&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 22:41:56 GMT Hello everyone,
I am new to the forum and really glad Lll has a forum- I didn't know!
I have been having problems with my milk supply since month 3 - I am now in the 5th month and still continuing to breastfeed exclusively. Herder, on and off, my milk supply drops very much, and I have to go through periods of lots of pumping and blessed thistle to get it back up to normal.
Lately I read somewhere that magnesium affects milk supply and I've been wondering if this has affected my milk supply (I have been using antacids due to a very bad case of reflux andi jut read that the antacids i've been using, gaviscon, contain magnesium).
Does anyone know anything about this? Might it be true or not? ]]> Increasing Your Milk @llli*odisseas http://forums.llli.org/showthread.php?117021-Magnesium-and-milk-supply