It's not over yet ladies!

[smjmekg]

Now that (if I'm not mistaken) we've all had our babies, that does NOT mean the end of our forum. Now we have new things to talk about, baby sleeping through the first whole night, smiles, rolling, crawling...we can continue the journey of motherhood and share our experiences together. I'm hoping you all stick around, and I had planned to write this a while ago, but as you all know I'm sure, babies keep you busy!

[NicoleW09]

We haven't bf since 3w pp because it dried up completely while I was sick. Would any of those things work to start me lactating again? I thought once it dried up you were SOL. lol.

[NicoleW09]

I called the lady at my local LLL and she told me to come off of my patch and start pumping every two hours and get some mother's milk tea and put honey in it an drink it three times a day. I think I'm also going to try the fenugreek as well. She said not to expect anything to come out when I pump for a bit, but I pumped and got a few drops of colostrum out of each side. So...I'm super excited! However, I'm going to need a lot of support and encouragement from you guys to get the bf'ing going again!

[happynifer]

you go nicole! you can get you milk supply back :) it;s so worth it fr both of you

[NicoleW09]

I didn't have much to start with, but even if I can get enough to where I can give her even a little is worth it to me. I'm just hoping it works. Fenugreek smells like maple syrup...so didn't know that. lol.

[smjmekg]

LOL wait til you sweat or pee and smell maple syrup! I did for the longest time when I was on it. I didn't know you could take the fenugreek pills AND drink Mother's Milk...it already has fenugreek in it. How many pills and how many times a day are you taking? I was told with Elijah three pills three times a day, that's all I was taking with him.

Do NOT get discouraged with how much you get when you pump, I cried after getting half an ounce a couple weeks ago and I called the LC, she said that the baby always gets more than what you're pumping since they're better with the s*cking. I really hope you can BF again, I know how hard it is to not be able to, I felt like such a failure with Elijah. BUT that's because I didn't know what I do now, and I didn't have as much support as I do now. If you have ANY questions what so ever, don't hesitate to ask and lean as much as you need to...you can message me any time, and if you have a facebook I'll send you my name so you can add me, I'm on there more than here since it's the only way to keep up with friends.

[NicoleW09]

I'm pretty sure my nipples are either going to bleed or fall off. I'm not quite sure which one as of right now. But I forsee it in my near future. lol.