I need motivation 💧🥛

I am not a big water drinker and I need to find a way to drink a lot more water in order to produce more milk as I would like to start exclusively pumping. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could up my water intake? I tried cucumber, mint flavoured water before but didn’t stay consistent with it even though it tasted great.

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I hate it 😩

Is it the taste that bothers you? I used to be like this and then invested in a good water filter and now I can manage.

Water apps, timers on phone, get the 2lt water bottle from Amazon - it has motivation on the side next to the time frame of drinking the water 9am, 11am etc.

Oh no 🙈 to be honest I’m not a massive water drinker. I think as long as you get a good amount of fluid. I’ve always got a bottle of apple/orange juice etc, I suppose it’s just finding something you like! Xx

I was recommended Ultma, it's a hydration flavoring powder you add to water. My midwife suggested it to me when I was pregnant and between that and migraines I desperately needed to drink more water. I drink 2 waters with it and one without everyday. Having not just plain water to drink makes it easier for me to drink more and keep my milk supply up since LO been born

got those already, not working lol

I see! I’ll definitely look into this. Is it on Amazon?

it’s not even about the flavour but I just need something to make it more exciting to drink…I find sparkling water easier to drink than still and normally drink that as a substitute to fizzy sugary drinks

juices are great for me too but I feel I still need more water

Yes they are and they come in a huge variety of flavors! I've tried so many but so far the lemonade is my favorite. I even got my husband to drink them and he loves the blue raspberry

can you please add a link ? I couldn’t find it on Amazon 🤯 thank you 🥰

Ultima Replenisher New Formula Lemonade (20 Count Stickpacks) Net WT. 2.5 OZ https://a.co/d/fSmonFP

Juices or smoothies

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