Power pumping. Has it helped you build supply??

Your supply is well regulated it wouldn't just reduce out of the blue! What makes you think it has, baby's behaviour? There's a huge development leap at 9m xx

I’m not sure but last night was the worst. I would try to nurse her… she’d latch and get frustrated and keep letting go. Then going back for more. It seemed like she wasn’t getting anything. And she usually will eat twice during the night time.

that's normal behaviour during a big development leap, and if it's combined with any sort of underlying illness or teething etc it can be even worse. It won't be your supply so please trust your body and I'm sure things will settle soon! We had a whole week of split nights and awful sleep at that age, and again at 10+12m. He crawled after the 9m one. They're learning so much ATM. Plus like I said sometimes it's them coming down with something which doesn't help xx

what you've described is normal stimulating behaviour and extreme fussiness, let me add a link to some info on spurts etc it has a post on stimulating behaviour in there x

https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTE5NzE1Mzc2MzU4Mzg4?story_media_id=2814723982968802177_53047531110&igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

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she’s definitely teething. Her second tooth is about to cut through. She handled the first tooth coming in SO WELL I just didn’t think this was associated with it 100%. I’ve never seen her act this way in the middle of the night so the only thing I could think of was that she wasn’t getting anything from my breasts.

I’ll be sure to check that link you sent too! Thank you!

thank you for that. I am through about half of the stories and it definitely sounds like what we are going through. I did just pump and I got A LOT less than I’m used to pumping so I’m making sure to stay hydrated and eating high protein snacks. But this seems to go right in line with what we are experiencing.

Yes I did power pump 3 evenings when my fiance was home to care for the baby and give him a bottle during that time period since I felt the power pump would affect his feeding supply. Exhausting for sure. Drink up.

pumping isn't Indication of supply and it's common for output to reduce over time but it doesn't affect Breastfeeding. By 9m I literally couldn't pump a drop, but I fed for 14m. Don't worry about your diet it doesn't affect milk production xxx

https://www.instagram.com/p/CcXYTw5o03U/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

It'll be fine !! Hang in there xxxx

why are we told that hydration will help our supply??? 😅 there’s a lot of false info out there then

Ohhh there's soooo much false information, its soul destroying some of the things I hear even medical professionals tell people 🤣🤣 most post birth professionals don't have bf training and the world is just full of misconceptions a lot of the time..hydration is really good for your own health, and breastfeeding makes you feel thirsty because of the hormones blood flow etc, but you don't need to be pressuring yourself to drink loads for your supply at all, your body will still produce milk. SOMETIMES severe dehydration may LAG production, but people usually drink enough just fine on a day to day basis so don't go mad lol x

When my baby has trouble feeding and fusses I use a nipple shield, which seemed to help with getting the milk out. If baby doesn’t like the feel of the shield cause it’s not skin maybe try the pipe that you put in the mouth while feeding on the breast and the other end in a bottle so he gets milk from the bottle too xx

Try to just feed more solids. That's what I did when he was going through this leap and he was very happy! He's back to normal now

what is the pipe? She doesn’t like the nipple shield. We used to use it but now she just bites it

definitely not a bad thing as shields used in the long run can decrease supply as they can sometimes interfere with deep milk transfer during feeds. So the more you avoid them the better 😉xx

https://www.fruugo.co.uk/baby-breast-pump-accessories-weaning-nursing-assistant-tube-lactation-aid/p-85193971-176570487?language=en&ac=croud&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2oDW8Yie-gIVgWDmCh0bZgPgEAQYBCABEgKpJfD_BwE

It’s something like this

oh really? I didn’t know that, I’ve really had the opposite affect with it, my child drinks longer and definitely is getting more milk I feel.

yeah they can for some women as they can interfere with baby getting deep milk transfer during feeds so eventually can decrease supply for some women, but of course there will be some women like you who they've worked brilliantly for! So it's always worth just knowing and using them as a last resort and temp aid if possible and with caution
https://www.laleche.org.uk/nipple-shields/
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yes totally agree. That’s a really good web page and I can see we definitely fell into some of those categories so probably why the shield helped with us. Xxx