Home Forums Induced Lactation aka Adoptive Breastfeeding Medical Interventions to Induce Lactation/Increase Milk Supply How much is a "good" amount to be pumping?

Bernice - it took me a good 3-4 weeks to get up to about 10-12 ounces per day and I have been increasingly slowly since then. I seemed to be stuck at 1 1/2 oucnes per session for a while and just started getting a bit more. Just stick with it!

Nancy - I also lost a pregnancy at 20 weeks and my milk came in. I did not pump at that time but I think that when I did begin to induce it certainly helped me to have had milk recently. Lenore told me that my son that I lost was doing a great thing for my daughter on the way. I think we are lucky in that way

I know we will all have great success with this - keep up the good work (I say this as I am pumping lol)

Hi Bernice,

I buy 1 pound of fenugreek seeds and boil them with fennel seeds. I guess I wonder about how fresh or strong the capsules are. If I take 3 capsules 3x / day, I smell like maple, but my husband says I smell more when I've had the tea. I don't know what they put in the purchased tea bags and if it's whole fenugreek or powdered. Our health food store special ordered a pound bag of fenugreek for just under $5.00. Sometimes you can find fenugreek and fennel in asian food markets or the indian section of big supermarkets.

Nancy

Nancy -
I'm so sorry to hear about your loss - that must have been heartbreaking. I'm glad to hear you're in the adoption process - hope the time flies by!
I'm going to try and get the fenugreek - where did you get it?
Karma