I'm sure a lot of you remember my posts about my dipped supply from stress and falling sick. This trip, in attempt to increase supply, followed by maintain; I've pumped a total of 120 times. 20,000ml of milk, dumping over 15,000ml of milk.
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Just before we left for Canada, I was mentally prepared to end breastfeeding. I was yielding only about 100ml every 3 hourly. At 6.5 months old, Arielle is drinking about 1,000ml a day. I had to put in 1-2 extra pumps at nights while she sleeps to keep up with demand.
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Alvin has been very supportive, he kept reassuring me that I've done well and we have met our 6 months goal & we can transition Arielle to formula. He really made me feel a lot better but I decided I would give it a last try. To keep to schedule, I've pumped everywhere we went- on planes, at airport lounges, in the car on our road trips or at carparks, in restaurants & toilets. I carried my big backpack everywhere I went cause I needed to bring my nursing cover, pumps with me. They didn't match a lot of my outfits, I was a fashion disaster. 😂
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After about a week of 6-8 pumps a day, my supply went up to between 150-290ml, yielding about 1,300ml a day. What worked for me to increase supply were:
1. Pump on schedule, empty boobs to signal boobs that more milk needs to be created.
2. Do not skip any meal, snack often enough, fruits, granola, lactation cookies & drink a lot of liquids.
3. Have enough rest.
4. The easiest way to attain #3, is to take a short holiday, without the baby.
5. Determination- I looked forward to FaceTime with Arielle every day though she doesn't seemed too interested.
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Did up a detailed post (during those long car rides), not sure if it will work like it worked for me, but who knows, it just may right? 😌 #linkinbio @ Vancouver, British Columbia
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