Home Forums Induced Lactation aka Adoptive Breastfeeding Medical Interventions to Induce Lactation/Increase Milk Supply What is normal for the Accelerated Protocol?

I just came off the Accelerated Protocol for 30 days using Yasmin (I am relactating after 5 months without breastfeeding). I am on day 3 of pumping today and am getting 2-5 drops from each breast at every pumping session. Is this about normal for this stage in the game? I know each person responds differently to the protocol but how long should I expect before I am producing more than just drops? A couple weeks? A couple months? I don't want to devote the time to this if there is no hope after a month of just producing drops, but if I know it takes a couple of months I will stick it out. Does that make sense? Thanks in advance for the input!

I would say that is totally within the norm. My first time inducing, I got drops the first time and increased quickly to about 5 oz a day after about a week.

The second time, I pumped for 5 days without getting more than a drop. I had to start looking at pictures of crying babies to get the milk flowing. If you have any really sweet pics of your baby as an infant, crying ones, even better, look at them while you pump. After it started, it again increased to about 4-5 oz a day at the 2 week mark.

I do think I increase quicker than most people (although I have heard of others that increased even quicker than me). I did do the protocol longer.

I would just keep at it and see what happens soon. You do have the advantage of having given birth relatively recently. Use breast massage during pumping. Try to imagine your baby bf.

Good luck!
Jennifer

Thank you so much for the tips! I just spent my last pumping session looking at newborn pics and watching videos of him crying and I increased my output to a ml! It's not a ton but it's the most I have done so far...it's more than double what I have done so far! I will definitely be doing this from now on! Thank you!

Edit: I actually just measured it all out in a syringe....2ml! Ten drops max to 2ml! I never thought I would be this excited about 2ml lol. Thanks again!

I don't know about normal or not, but that sounds a lot like what I got. It took a week before I wanted to bother saving anything. Now I'm getting a little more than 2 ounces/day (week 4). I also did the accelerated protocol.

Great! I bet you will see bigger increases now. You can also increase your dom to 120 mg a day if you need for a while.
Jennifer

Thanks for the info. I was able to get 11ml today. That's a pretty significant leap from a few drops per session three days ago.