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Has anyone tried fenugreek to increase breast milk supply?

Cheri - posted on 06/27/2009 ( 4 moms have responded )

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Has anyone tried fenugreek to increase breast milk supply? If so, did you have good results?

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Dana - posted on 06/28/2009

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I drank Mother's milk tea. It seemed to work for me. Matter of fact, I was just thinking of pumping some extra milk and you reminded me of it. Thanks.

Tammy - posted on 06/27/2009

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i've used fenugreek a few times to increase my milk supply. i took 2 or 3 tablets a day for a few days to get my milk supply back, and it worked well for me. i've also read that eating oatmeal, coconut, and drinking lots of fluid helps too. whenever my milk supply was a little low, i'd eat some coconut and my LO seemed more content pretty quick.

Jessica - posted on 06/27/2009

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I've used a nursing tea made with fenugreek and it seems to work well. I'd also like to please make sure that we tell our doctors when we start any herbal doses; they can mess with current medications!!

Maricarmen - posted on 06/27/2009

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I took two tablets daily for the first 3 months. I don't know that I had an increase in supply, but I do know that I had no problems with my supply at all. I'm going into the 11th month now and still no problems. The only times I noticed a problems were 1) when i didn't drink enough fluids, and 2) when I was stressed out.

My friend who recommended fenugreek to me for milk supply, swore by them. She has a very stressful job and also continues to breastfeed past the year. I would definitely try them., but ask around about how many to take. My friend took 3 daily. I took two.

Tammy - posted on 06/27/2009

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i've used fenugreek a few times to increase my milk supply. i took 2 or 3 tablets a day for a few days to get my milk supply back, and it worked well for me. i've also read that eating oatmeal, coconut, and drinking lots of fluid helps too. whenever my milk supply was a little low, i'd eat some coconut and my LO seemed more content pretty quick.

Maricarmen - posted on 06/27/2009

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I took two tablets daily for the first 3 months. I don't know that I had an increase in supply, but I do know that I had no problems with my supply at all. I'm going into the 11th month now and still no problems. The only times I noticed a problems were 1) when i didn't drink enough fluids, and 2) when I was stressed out.

My friend who recommended fenugreek to me for milk supply, swore by them. She has a very stressful job and also continues to breastfeed past the year. I would definitely try them., but ask around about how many to take. My friend took 3 daily. I took two.

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