Help......don't know what else to do!

[onthefly]

Yeah, bloody nuisance that your thyroid is so naughty! It should at least pick a direction
I hope it does sort itself out soon

[Now we're 3]

Thats the attitude - a silver lining in every cloud :-)

Hope it all works out for you!

[MantaRay]

Tracey, are you feeling a bit more positive? I'm sure a trip to the hairdresser helps most things seem better for a while at least!

It must be frustrating to still not have answers, but it does sound like you are getting closer. Hang in there hun - you are doing a really great job in a difficult situation. I hope the next bloods get you even closer to knowing what's going on and a way forward

[traceyvon]

hi mantaray,

Don't know if positive is the right word, more accepting of the situation I think. Am taking it one day at a time at the moment. I noticed there seemed to be more breast milk today and I thought this was wonderful until I also noticed that he was taking more formula. Growth spurt or due to his cold I don't know. I have never paid so much attention to every suck....maybe that is it too?!

Am hanging in there. Looking forward to see in the acupuncturist next week, he is also a traditional Chinese herbalist and spent many years in China learning his skills and often returns to update himself, can't wait to see what he can do to help. I also have POCS and am overweight so hoping he can help out with that as well.

Now we're 3 - yes, I do try to find the silver lining, the other thing I want to do is go and see a movie, have not done that for about 7 months! Gold class seats here I come if I am going to do it may as well in in style!

[traceyvon]

a quick up date,

DS#2 has only had 30ml of formula all day he usually has between 70-100ml after every feed for the last few weeks. I am impressed especially as he had his needles yesterday and had a slight temp and really clingy and upset all day today. He just wanted boobie all day and was still getting lots of wet nappies

I don't want to get my hopes up too much, but I am hoping this progress continues. It has been 1 week since we increased the motilium to 2 tabs 3x a day and I have read that it takes 3 weeks to see the full effect of this. So my plan is to continue with the motilium for another 2 weeks and then start weaning myself off it at 1 tablet at week and seeing what happens. I was going to do this anyway regardless of that happened today, just to see if I can get myself off them. Any drop in my supply will see me go back to what I am doing now.

I feel like there is a light at the end of the tunnel

[Now we're 3]

Yeah thats great news. I continued on the 2 x twice a day tabs for ages and ages - well longer than normal and my doctor (who is also LC) was perfectly happy with that and then dropped to the 2 x once a day. I did find that my supply seemed to drop slightly when I reduced the tabs I was taking but then stablised as my body got used to the new number of tabs.

Hope the good news continues.

[traceyvon]

thanks for the info about your supply dropping then stabilising, will keep that in the back of my head should the same happen here!