Motilium - Low milk supply

[Raupe]

Hi! Sorry, I don't have any personal experience, but I've heard of another few ideas that might help:

1) Have you tried lactation cookies? The recipe is on this website and has helped my supply enormously. Brewers yeast is the active ingredient, but you could also take it in tablet form. Fennel also is meant to help.

2) Keep putting him on the boob. All. The. Time. Everytime he is unsettled or grizzly put him on the boob. Make sure you put him on both sides. The more he sucks, the more your breasts will be stimulated to produce more. Which brings me to...

3) Talk to your LC about SNS (supplement nursing system). I really think this could be your solution. It is basically a feeding tube that attaches to your breast. So bubby will drink all his milk on the breast, even though some of it is formula. This way he will stay on the breast longer, which will increase the supply. Also he won't squirm so much and get frustrated, as he is getting enough milk on the breast. Lastly, this way he can't get used to/prefer the bottle, as there is no bootle.

I hope there are some ideas that could help!

[hope8nzc]

Hi! Sorry, I don't have any personal experience, but I've heard of another few ideas that might help:

1) Have you tried lactation cookies? The recipe is on this website and has helped my supply enormously. Brewers yeast is the active ingredient, but you could also take it in tablet form. Fennel also is meant to help.

2) Keep putting him on the boob. All. The. Time. Everytime he is unsettled or grizzly put him on the boob. Make sure you put him on both sides. The more he sucks, the more your breasts will be stimulated to produce more. Which brings me to...

3) Talk to your LC about SNS (supplement nursing system). I really think this could be your solution. It is basically a feeding tube that attaches to your breast. So bubby will drink all his milk on the breast, even though some of it is formula. This way he will stay on the breast longer, which will increase the supply. Also he won't squirm so much and get frustrated, as he is getting enough milk on the breast. Lastly, this way he can't get used to/prefer the bottle, as there is no bootle.

I hope there are some ideas that could help!

Lactation cookies? wow didn't hear of that, cool!
I didn't find the recipe on this site, I searched on Google and found it there, thanks

Sadly the tube didn't work for us, after a few sips he detaches and doesn't want to eat anymore, I think this time the flow is too strong for him.
I put him on my breasts as much as possible.

[Barb Glare]

Hi,
It sounds like you have had a difficult and frustrating time of it. I wonder, how many times are you breastfeeding your little one? You may not be as far off track as you think. 70mls is a pretty worthy effort. The baby will generally more out than the pump - and babies feel usually 10 or more times a day - so if he got 70mls 10 times a day he would be getting 700 mls which is what babies would normally get at this time. Frequent feeding will also ease the colic and it’s a great way of settling the baby. Some women opt for frequent feeding during the night and condense supplements in a bigger bottle last thing at night. That way you are just breastfeeding normally in the day. Many women go on to breastfeed just fine with a bottle or two a day - it doesn’t have to be all or nothing, and giving bottles doesn’t make you less of a breastfeeding mum. Are you still working closely with your LC? It’s important to identify the problem and select the right solution. Motilium works by increasing your prolactin levels, but if your prolactin levels are not low then no amount of motilium will solve the problem. It would be best to work with your LC and doctor to get the suitable level of motilium, but I personally wouldn’t recommend increasing the dose - the dose you are taking is above what is normally prescribed already.
Warm Regards
Barb

[onthefly]

Hi Hope,
Sounds like you're doing a great job to feed your baby.
Perhaps you've been over all this with your LC already, but how often are you feeding and how are you feeding? Also, what is your bottle feeding routine?
Frequent feeding, switch feeding, breast compressions and breast milk top ups are all ways to maximise the amount of milk baby gets. When feeding formula, it can be helpful also to pace feed to minimise the amount they take (it's easy to overfeed from a bottle).

It's understandable to be disappointed when we fall short of our goals, but you are still breastfeeding and doing a good job taking care of your little one. Sometimes we have to define our own success - for some mums that's not 100% breastfeeding, but that doesn't mean they've failed.

There are some articles on the ABA website that might be helpful (if you haven't seen them already)
https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfi...la-supplements
https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bf-...0%93mum/supply

Take care,

[hope8nzc]

Hi Hope,
Sounds like you're doing a great job to feed your baby.
Perhaps you've been over all this with your LC already, but how often are you feeding and how are you feeding? Also, what is your bottle feeding routine?
Frequent feeding, switch feeding, breast compressions and breast milk top ups are all ways to maximise the amount of milk baby gets. When feeding formula, it can be helpful also to pace feed to minimise the amount they take (it's easy to overfeed from a bottle).

It's understandable to be disappointed when we fall short of our goals, but you are still breastfeeding and doing a good job taking care of your little one. Sometimes we have to define our own success - for some mums that's not 100% breastfeeding, but that doesn't mean they've failed.

There are some articles on the ABA website that might be helpful (if you haven't seen them already)
https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfi...la-supplements
https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bf-...0%93mum/supply

Take care,

I breastfed him 9 times yesterday and give him the bottle 10 times. Our bottle routine is not good as well, he has issues there too. Right now what's good is that after a good breastfeeding of mine he won't take more then 30ml from the bottle, he can get hungry a hour after and eat 50ml. There are also times when he seems hungry! he tries to drink and struggles with the sips, he seems to be out of air or has problems to swallow and breathing in between, it reminds me a bit of when he wiggles around on my breast. he also started to suck the bottle for sucking in between sips.

We try not to use formula we have a woman who donates us her breast milk, she has a lot of it!

Not being able to do a 100% breastfeeding is something I need to think about, thank you for your advice and thanks for the links.

[hope8nzc]

Hi,
It sounds like you have had a difficult and frustrating time of it. I wonder, how many times are you breastfeeding your little one? You may not be as far off track as you think. 70mls is a pretty worthy effort. The baby will generally more out than the pump - and babies feel usually 10 or more times a day - so if he got 70mls 10 times a day he would be getting 700 mls which is what babies would normally get at this time. Frequent feeding will also ease the colic and it’s a great way of settling the baby. Some women opt for frequent feeding during the night and condense supplements in a bigger bottle last thing at night. That way you are just breastfeeding normally in the day. Many women go on to breastfeed just fine with a bottle or two a day - it doesn’t have to be all or nothing, and giving bottles doesn’t make you less of a breastfeeding mum. Are you still working closely with your LC? It’s important to identify the problem and select the right solution. Motilium works by increasing your prolactin levels, but if your prolactin levels are not low then no amount of motilium will solve the problem. It would be best to work with your LC and doctor to get the suitable level of motilium, but I personally wouldn’t recommend increasing the dose - the dose you are taking is above what is normally prescribed already.
Warm Regards
Barb

Yeah it's not easy with him, but it's getting better and longer
Yesterday (24/7) he ate from a bottle total of 385ml and I breastfed him 9 times. As for now I always give him a bottle after the breastfeed and if he is hungry again after an hour or less I just give him the bottle cause I know I don't have much.

I got 70ml that time because my breast got full and he didn't eat from it, so with each breastfeeding if it's one to three hours a part I have less.
My LC said there is nothing else she can do for me, that's why I wrote here for help.