milk supply

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So how DOES one increase their milk supply, given they origionally had enough

(more than enough LOL) but gave into fear and introdused " suplimentary " bottles,

which soon became too frequent. I was pumping to keep the suply up trying to

build up a supply of my in the freezer so we could do without formula then my

husband (who apparently does not have the words " honey, what's this? " in his

vocabulary *sigh*) found part of the pump and threw it out not knowing what it

was. By the time we could afford even the cheapest pump my supply had greatly

deminished. It's been 2 months and my supply was copius before that (till she

hit a growth spurt which at 9 pm seemed like I'd lost my milk and my baby is

starving) threw me right back to first baby. I was 19 and having a hard time

getting him latched on, the nurses were very mean told me I couldn't even feed a

baby and would only give me 5 minutes to get the hang of it then he'd get a

bottle. Young and intimidated I made one last attempt and

called the lactation specilist. Her advice... " It's really not that bad to give

him formula. " Yeah thanks for the help. No one would help me and they convinced

me I was starving my child so I gave in and gave him formula, and you know, I

actually believed the hooey they gave me about " not being able " to breastfeed. I

would have been fine if I just had a little support! Anyway, so out of fear that

I was again unable to feed my baby (even though at 6 weeks of exclusive

breastfeeding she was fat, happy and very healthy, already holding head up, I

can't believe I was so stupid) dh ran out for formula and I am now in the mess

I'm in now. I want to get her off the aweful formula (we can't afford to buy the

makings of NT formula, I wish we could but we really honestly can't, my husband

is right now looking into bankruptsy, the whole family is now paying for my

husband and I's wild (and stupid) youth. *shakes head*) so I want desperatly to

get her off the commercial garbage. She still nurses

but only if I'm full and the milks free flowing, when it''s not she refuses and

will scream hystericlly until I give her a bottle. We do have a pump now but I'm

afraid if I pump there'll be less in there when I try to nurse her and by the

time I could pump enough to even fill a nursing aide (which I am looking for)

she wont nurse at all. Please don't judge me too harshly, I have enough bruises

from kicking myself already, just please tell me if you have any advice on how

to improve my supply. I would give my right leg to fix this!

Mrs. Siemens

Helpmeet to , mommy to Zachary & Lydia

" For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto

salvation.... "

-Romans 1:16a-

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