Uneven milk supply

Anyone else have lopsided breasts and a hard time evening out supply?? I was producing really well on both sides for the first month but then baby stared preferring my right side and now I’m having such a hard time upping the supply on my left side. Switching him to always eating on the left side first was working great until then my right stoped producing as much and now I’m not producing enough for all his feedings. I’m doing hot compresses beforehand and massage before and after feedings. I’m going to try mother’s milk tea for this week in addition to those methods and see if that makes a difference just in keeping up supply. I’ve been making lots of baked goods with oats and brewers yeast as well though not this past week due to kitchen renovation. Also working with my insurance to get a breast pump. My cousin also said once baby hits 3mo it’s much harder to up your supply and we’re at 2mo 2 weeks so I’m getting anxious

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I was producing great on both sides for the first few weeks as well but then my daughter was refusing to latch on my left side for a while. I was also told by a lactation consultant that even without that happening it's still incredibly common to have a "slacker boob" that just naturally produces less than the other. I've been trying to even it out, while also increasing my supply by following a routine with feedings, but she only feeds off one side at each feeding so it may not work if babe has to feed off both at each feeding. What I do is feed her from the left (slacker) 2 feeds in a row and after the 2nd feed, I hand express my right for however long she fed. Then the next feeding is from my right and I hand express for 20min from my left, and if nothing is coming out after like 10 minutes I just alternate between massaging and trying to express more.

that sounds like it could help actually. Adding in some hand expression sessions on the left after he feeds which ends up mostly being on the right will probably help a lot. I just keep getting frustrated and discouraged with hand expression because nothing comes out 😭😂 but perhaps if I stay dedicated with a routine similar to yours. Thank you for sharing! 💗

of course! And even if nothing is coming out, just massaging can help stimulate more production :)

Add flax seed to your yogurt and baked goods

I have this issue also but I do produce enough milk, just my left side always produces less. It’s seems like basic advice but make sure you’re drinking tons of liquids/water. My supply goes down if I’m not ridiculously hydrated. I read you’re supposed to drink roughly 90 ounces a day.

Please check out milky mama!! My supply was struggling so bad and then I got sick and it dropped so bad my boobs felt empty for the entire day! I’m in socal and was able to drive down and get their emergency brownies and I highly highly recommend! My supply has been so much better. I’m also taking lady Leche supplements everyday. I’m not the best at nourishing myself so this has been a god send! Lady leche also boosts the quality of your milk ! I didn’t check when you’re from but you can order them online 😊

What makes you think you’re not producing enough for him? Are you doing weighted feeds? (Where you weigh him before and after feeding.)

Nursing more (and pumping more if/when you have one) is the best way to up supply.

Also make sure that you keep your self VERY WELL hydrated!! That is like the #1 thing needed for us breast milk feeding mammas! 💖

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Hour night wakes and 5am get up

Can anyone shed some light as to why on earth my child doesn’t want to sleep??? My eyeballs are bleeding!!

Never been a good sleeper, but the problems always changing. He’s nearly 9 months old.

Beginning of the month he dropped to 2 naps. We could put him to bed at 7pm and he’d get up for the day at 6am, with multiple wake ups every 2/3 hours.

Now we put him down at 7pm, he can do a good 4/5 hour stretch, but come 1/2am he’s up every hour then getting up for the day at 5am. This then completely messes up the day because I can’t keep him awake long enough to even get to 7pm, let alone later.

He has 2 naps, roughly about 1hr10 each but it changed based on when he wakes and trying to get him to a reasonable bed time.

What could be the reason for this? 6am is fine, but 5am is not 😩😩

I think its fair

Me and my partner agreed to sleep in 1 day of the weekend.
He doesn't find it fair to look after both kids (my 4 year old isnt his) while i sleep so he looks after the baby while i sleep and my toddlers at his dads and ill look after both the next day.
Straightaway it was pretty unfair as i let him sleep in until he wakes up 10-12
He wakes me up when baby starts fussing because he wants milk (doesnt need it)
I cant pump as i dont supply enough.
So i get woken at 9/9:30 to feed baby then i get him sleep then theres no point sleeping in as my toddlers being dropped off.
I also find it unfair that i get both kids to sleep most night, i get my toddler to sleep everyday hes home (4/5days) and i get my baby to sleep most nights with the exception of maybe twice a month as his dad struggless then about 95% of his thru the day naps.
I have also been unwell for a few months (tumor scare) and am waiting 18 weeks to see a specialist so im obviously petrified for that, so unbelievably tired and alot of aches and pains, specifically these pounding headaches ive been having.
After i had been up til 11:30 getting both kids to sleep lastnight and my partner falling asleep at 10 then him ignoring the baby cries all morning until my toddler woke up im fed up slammed to door and rold him not to expect to sleep in unless he gets the baby to sleep the night b4.
I keep having issues with him not feeling the wet from baby being sick or weeing himself or being able to smell it do about 98% of the time hes given to me i have to clean him up n change him.
Including at night, we agreed my partner would change nappies (1 a night at 5am) while i feed (2,4,5,6:30) but every night when i get him hes pissed through and my partner gets annoyed when i wake him up n moan about it.
Then the morning after hes annoyed at how much washing there is (thats his job) and moans about how often i change myself (baby constantly shits thru and sicks on me) and baby
Honestly im just so tired all the time

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