Is that the Fat Lady warming up? Are my days of breastfeeding over? When originally starting out my main goal was to make it to 6 month breastfeeding Carsen. Then somewhere between 4 and 6 months I decided I would stick it out for the full year. Little did I know that my body would be making that decision for me, or so it seems.
It makes me sad, stressed and like a failure that my body cannot produce more milk than what I'm attempting to pump every day. Slowly I have been watching my supply dwindle from 8oz sessions to 4 oz and now to 3oz. It's depressing. I've tried Fenugreek capsules, oatmeal cereal and Mother's Milk tea with NO results. I drink water but nowhere near the suggested amount for my daily intake.
I guess when your body is done it's done, huh? Sad. Winter is coming and I was hoping to breastfeed through the season.
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candesintx- October 23rd, 2007
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- candesintx
- October 3rd, 2007
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Carsen is 6 months old and weighs approximately 20 lbs. He's my BIG boy. He's such a charming little man with a fantastic smile and great expressions. He's finally rolling over and sitting up for long periods of time. It's so wonderful to see these accomplishments. He's sooooo kissable. Tucker certainly can't get enough of him either.
I've turned a corner here with Carsen. I had to use the last of my frozen milk "stash" to make up for the missed pumping sessions yesterday (Carsen was home with the pink eye). So, in light of that I also sent him to daycare with formula. Yep, formula. I still pump but I'm not getting a lot. I instructed Emily to mix 1 to 2 oz of formula with his regular 4 oz bottle of breast milk. I haven't been producing enough milk and despite my best efforts, the fenugreek did not help me one iota!
So not only is Carsen getting some formula, he's also getting a 2 oz increase of milk. I'm hoping that will stretch out his feedings.
He hasn't been sleeping through the night and I suspect it's because he only fed off one side of me and hence getting hungier sooner. So, keeping that in mind, when he woke up at 12:30 am I gave him both sides and he slept right through his usual 2am wake up call. Of course, by 4:30 am he wanted to nurse again.
I debated on whether I should give him both sides. One side = Him waking up at 6am or both sides and he wakes up around 7ish. He fell asleep before I could offer the other side. That was fine by me. I crawled into be and slept until 6:15 am. Still not enough time to recuperate. *yawn* (As I nodd off here at the keyboard... AT WORK.)
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