I used Fenugreek and it worked really well.It was not too expensive. I also tried the Mother's Milk tea. It was OK. Believe it or not my son's pediatrician recommended a I drink a beer per day (brewer's yeast). I don't like beer so I only did it a few days but boy did my supply increase!

Good luck and I hope you feel better soon.

you are the second person to mention a beer a day to me! weird! I might just try it tonight, I'm just worried it will affect the baby thats why I havent dont it yet. If I can make it to the pediatrician tomorrow for our appt (we are expecting a bad snow storm) I will ask - thanks for the input :)

I have taken Fenugreek and am currently taking More Milk Plus by Motherlove (which contains fenugreek and some other good stuff). I think what I am taking now is much better. I have noticed a difference!

I drank the tea and came to enjoy it very much. I also used More Milk Plus from motherlove.com (the liquid kind which was awful tasting but I think cheaper or supposed to be more effective if memory serves me right). There were times I thought it made a huge difference, but other times not so much. Definitely worth a try in my opinion.

I actually just ordered fenugreek and alfalfa suppliments. Reccomended by my hosptial's lactation center.

I have heard of a bunch of ways to increase milk supply. the only one I have tried is eating oatmeal (the kind you cook on a stove not the instant..) and I had a ton of milk the next day. I also have heard to make sure you are drinking enough water.

Also have heard that these herbs can help...
Fenugreek Seed
Blessed Thistle
Nettle
Fennel
Goat's Rue

I also found a "lactation cookie" recipe online


Oatmeal cookies to increase lactation
* 1 cup butter
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 cup brown sugar
* 4 tablespoons water
* 2 tablespoons linseed (flaxseed) meal
* 2 large eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 2 cups flour (whole wheat is best, but regular is ok)
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 3 cups oats, thick cut if you can get them
* 1 cup or more chocolate chips (I like a whole bag of mini semi-sweet)
* 2 tablespoons of brewers yeast (be generous)

Directions:

Preheat oven at 375 degrees F, 180c. Mix together 2 tablespoons of linseed meal and water, set aside for 3-5 minutes. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mix well. Stir linseed mixture and add with vanilla to the butter mix. Beat until blended. Sift together dry ingredients, except oats and chips. Add to margarine mixture. Stir in oats & chips. Scoop onto baking sheet greased or lined with baking paper. (I used my baking stone and airbake pans with no issues when using real butter)

Bake 8-12 minutes, depending on size of cookies. (shorter time = softer cookies, longer time = crispier cookies)

Serves: 6 dozen cookies (a huge batch)

Preparation time: 15 minutes

*Linseed and brewers yeast can be found at any local health food store, or health food aisle. Flaxseed is just the American name for Linseed.*NOTE* IT MUST BE BREWERS YEAST, NO SUBSTITUTIONS, can be found at health food stores too. Bakers yeast will NOT do - it must be brewer's yeast. Or try a bulk food store

I had mastitis at 4months and took a huge hit in my supply. I used MotherLove's "More Milk Plus" for the last month and have increased my supply by almost an oz plus per pump.

I love Oatmeal and will enjoying that tomorrow

I have 2 children and needed help with my milk supply with both of them. I went on formula for a month because I almost gave up hope. I did everything right, and listened to all of the LCs, and doulas, and doctors, and I still needed help. I came across herbal supplements and I had to give it a last try. I saw a noticeable increase in the amount of milk that I was able to pump within 3 days of starting and it hasn't seemed to have any effect on my daughter either.I went for the organic breastfeeding supplement by www.rumilia.com. They smell gross, but they don't taste terrible once they are down. Luckily, it only takes two capsules a day to be effective (which is nice, since some supplements take 3-4 to work). I never have any nasty burps or indigestion or anything from taking these as well. They also haven't made me smell like syrup like some fenugreek products will do. I'm not sure how well these work if you take them by themselves, but I know taking them with the Goats Rue has worked tremendously well. I was getting about 2 ounces when I pumped before I started taking these together, and now I'm getting close to 4 every time. So its working well for me. My daughter doesn't seem to notice any change in the milk either. I am super happy and would recommend to try.

I took an Omega 3 supplement and I drank nursing tea all the time, but it didn't help anything and so I was forced to use formula. I don't think that supplements can change that much. If your body doesn't produce breast milk, you just have to deal with it. I mean using formula instead of breast milk is not that bad. We use hipp organic formula that we found on this website: https://myorganicformula.com/collections/hipp-organic-formula and I think this is ways better, than the most breast milks, that come from mommies who consume GMO food, antibiotics, preservatives and stuff like that, that goes directly to their babies' tummies. So hey, be safe and do formula instead of wasting your time trying to increase your breast milk supply.

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