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Rasheida - posted on 02/23/2010 ( 6 moms have responded )

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I stopped breastfeeding my son at around one month of age. Now i am in the swing of things and really understand how important breast milk is to a baby, I would like to try to bring back my supply. Has anyone done this? How long does it take and is it honestly worth it?

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Rasheida - posted on 03/02/2010

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THANK YOU GUYS SOOO MUCH!! i really appreciate all the information!

Danielle - posted on 02/24/2010

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I helped my cousins wife re-lactate. Yes, I would say that it's worth it and honestly, It took her less than 2 weeks but everyone is different. Pumping is a good idea but what we had her do what put the baby himself to the breast (since the stimulation is different) and she supplemented w/formula via a supplemental nursing system until her milk came in and she was able to get rid of the SNS.

Stimulation is the most important tool for you in this journey. Oatmeal can be helpful too. Some will tell you that instant oatmeal doesn't work but it DOES work for some people (works for me :D). So cook it on the stove, eat instant oatmeal, oatmeal cookies, granola- whatever form you want. Make sure you're getting plenty of fluids.

If you need additional help boosting your supply, you can use brewer's yeast (never tried this personally), mother's milk tea (available at health food stores, GNC, or vitacost.com has awesome prices), fenugreek works well and it works even better when combined with blessed thistle- both of which can be found at health food stores or again, vitacost has some awesome prices.

Aside from that- I agree that kellymom.com is an awesome source of information!

Good luck to you!!!

April - posted on 02/24/2010

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try picking him up at night when he is sleeping and try to get him to latch on then. he won't feel pressured into nursing and might instinctively latch. it's worth a try

Kathy - posted on 02/24/2010

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I have not relactated but, I have assisted my best friend in doing so! We started with fenugreek (you can buy it at HEB, CVS, GNC) it's around $6.00 a bottle. We also bought a manual breast pump. She began pumping. The first 3 days were kind of painful but, totally worth it because by day 5 her milk was really coming in :)

You can do it!!! :) If you have any questions feel free to message me or ask them here :)

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