Around 5 1/2 or 6 months, I started to notice a drop in my supply. I thought it was maybe a balance of the whole supply and demand part of things, but it really was a decrease in supply.
I know that's suppose to happen to some extent around that time as your first act of weaning has happened: the introduction to solid foods.
Still, it felt like a noticeable enough of a decrease to warrant concern.
I watch my fluid intake pretty carefully, I make sure I get enough water. I try to eat the foods they say can naturally help your supply - like oatmeal.
I hadn't changed anything when I noticed the drop though.
There are seemingly an endless selection of nursing supplements out there, I'm not sure how I decided exactly, but I purchased one called Nursing Blend.
It's big, it smells bad, and it triggers my gag reflex. I think it's helped though.
I ordered mine from Amazon:
The bottle recommends taking it 2 or 3 times a day, but I still take a prenatal in the evening so I'm just taking this once a day in the morning with breakfast.
After being on this about a week, I started having a much more noticeable milk let down during feedings again. Also, as a 'full time' nursing mommy they say to only expect 1-2 ounces during pumping sessions (and I had been getting only an ounce or so), but after a few weeks on this I saw that slowly start to increase.
I only pump once a day, I wake up early and pump only one side before my baby's first morning feeding (and offer the other side as breakfast).
I now, on average, get about 3-4 ounces during my morning pump session. I'm finally able to freeze about a bottle a week now (I have to keep some out for cereals).
To wrap it up, this big, gross pill has seemed to help give my supply a little boost and might be worth a try if you're having similar problems.
