Can I ask why you are against taking medication? I am on thyroxine have been for four years and my understanding is it is not good for your body to have too little or too much of the thyroid hormones for significant periods of time. How do you know when you are under or over and what did you do to correct it before?
I have had breast reduction surgery and also had low supply, though a different cause to your issue. I also took Motilium and noted and increase in supply, although I did have to comp feed from the time DD was about 2 weeks old until she was about 10 months (and eating a fairly varied diet). I stopped taking the Motilium when DD was about 12months old. I started immediately following her delivery as she is my third child and I had previously established low supply when attempting to feed my first two children. DD is now 2 years 3 months old and still BF'ing. You can have a long and successful BF'ing relationship despite low supply. It can be a bumpy road, but it is well worth the perseverance!
If you fix the issue with your thyroid, will this 'fix' the issue with your supply?
Are you medicated? If so, it will right itself? It's important for your wellbeing to treat this, not only for your milk supply. You must feel like utter crud on top of the usual exhaustion that comes with having a newborn. What's more, I would think that trying to treat the undersupply would be ineffective if you do not address the underlying problem.
Good luck. I am on thyroxine also and have had no issues with supply. It's just important to monitor levels nad ensure the doseage is correct.
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