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I am so sad about it, I have cried and cried. I still nurse, but have to supplement with formula and use a nursing supplementer (a bottle with tubes that go into the babe's mouth while she's latched on to the breast).
Strangely, this failure to breastfeed exclusively has made me determined to change my life, and my obsession with food. I also want to be a better example to my girls.
Anybody have experience continuing to nurse while losing weight? Has it affected your supply?
thanks!
Liisa
I could have been the one to post this. I have 3 children with each of them I wanted to breastfeed exclusively but ran into exact the same issues! All three of my children lost weight after birth and were putting out insufficient urine and stool before we added supplimentation. I too have supplimented and I used the SNS with all three.Originally Posted by LiisaN
does anybody else here have breastmilk supply problems? I have read recently that having low milk supply is related to obesity (fatty tissue takes up the hormone prolactin, apparently). I have two girls (2 and 3 months), and have had low supply with both.I am so sad about it, I have cried and cried. I still nurse, but have to supplement with formula and use a nursing supplementer (a bottle with tubes that go into the babe's mouth while she's latched on to the breast).
Strangely, this failure to breastfeed exclusively has made me determined to change my life, and my obsession with food. I also want to be a better example to my girls.
Anybody have experience continuing to nurse while losing weight? Has it affected your supply?
thanks!
Liisa
I did have my thryoid and prolactin levels checked and both were always fine. In fact the prolactin levels were "through the roof" according to my doc. No one ever pointed to my obesity as a cause for low milk supply and as my sister, also obese, was able to nurse my niece with no difficulties at all and pump milk 6 oz of milk at a sitting it never occured to me.
I have tried herbal galactogoges, pumped with a hospital grade pump during, after and in between feedings all while nursing on demand. Nothing helped and I too have been so very sad (and nearly devastated) about it. And angry! very, very angry, that the doctor and lactation consultants had no answers for me. None were willing to let me try the domperadome (spelling?) or any of the other drugs like it which frustrated me further.
The jealousy has been the worst for me. In the restaurant where I work we are family friendly so frequently we have nursing moms visit us and it makes me so jealous so see them happily nursing! I have also worked with many people who complained about having "too much" milk and stopping breastfeeding because they got tired of leaking so much. Sigh! I would have given almost anything to have that "problem". I sometimes wonder, if after I am to my goal weight and "if" we decide to have one more, if I would be able to produce a full supply. Would be interesting to find out. I also wonder if there is any way for the doctors to figure out, for sure what causes the low milk supply in the hopes that there is a way to treat it. Anyway...I am dreaming here...
So the point of my rambling is: I sympathise with you 100% as I have been there, done that and didn't even get a crappy T-shirt. It is so heartbreaking to go through! but you are doing a wonderful thing for your children. I wish I had some magic pill that would cause our breasts to make bucketfulls of milk. (((HUGS)))
Your babies are so very lucky to have a mommy willing to go the extra mile for them so they can have the benefits of breast milk.
