Getting my breast milk supply back!! Help!!

After a bad case of thrush AND mastitis, I was forced to stop breastfeeding a couple days ago. I am starting to feel better now and am desperately trying to get my breast milk supply back. Before the mastitis and thrush i was flowing like waterfalls with breast milk, now my supply is so low I can only get a couple drops from the pump. My nipples aren't quite ready for baby to latch on but soon they will be and I wanna make sure I can keep my supply from drying out totally. Now that I only have a couple drops I wanna get suggestions from other moms on how to get my supply back. Any suggestions? Please help, I can't wait to get baby back on the breast!

Quoting 2PrincessesMama:“ After a bad case of thrush AND mastitis, I was forced to stop breastfeeding a couple days ago. I am starting ... [snip!] ... from other moms on how to get my supply back. Any suggestions? Please help, I can't wait to get baby back on the breast!”

Nothing is going to work as well as putting your baby to breast. Why can't you do that?

good luck. weird that they told you to not bf because i was told you need to breastfeed or else the bacteria will continue to grow. i had a bad yeast infection and i bf the whole time. they just put me and the baby on antibiotics. good luck, and to keep your supply up pump and wen you can put the baby back on the breast let her bf as often as possible.

Take some funugreak and nurse, nurse and nurse as much as the baby will nurse. Also check out kellymom.com they have a section on getting your milk supply back.

beer helps increase your milk supply cuz of the yeast in it. drink one dark beer (like an ale or an amber ale) a day and that should help.

They didn't tell me to not nurse, they told me to, but I desperately needed a couple days to recover. My breasts were excruciating and I couldn't take it. But now I regret it. I have to brace myself for putting him back on because my nipples are soooooo sore and theyre cracked and scabbed up and putting him will kill me. But I know it'll be worth it. You guys have inspired me to put him back on. I am going to try tonight, when things are settled and we are comfortable.

Quoting jaela's mommy!!:“ beer helps increase your milk supply cuz of the yeast in it. drink one dark beer (like an ale or an amber ale) a day and that should help.”

Really? Wont that mess with the baby, the alcohol?

More power to you. My son gave had thrush and I had to stop that mess hurt so bad I would cry

Quoting 2PrincessesMama:“ Really? Wont that mess with the baby, the alcohol?”

not if you only have one a day. no more than that. its the same with red wine, you can have one glass a day. just drink the beer about 1 to 2 hours before you nurse the baby and by then the alcohol wont be in your bm anymore

Quoting 2PrincessesMama:“ They didn't tell me to not nurse, they told me to, but I desperately needed a couple days to recover. ... [snip!] ... it. You guys have inspired me to put him back on. I am going to try tonight, when things are settled and we are comfortable.”

yeah you really do need to get him back on because it helps wash the infection and the meds through. i know how uncomfy it is. i would cry evertime i knew she was gonna latch, i was scared to latch her, i winced at the thought. but after a few days it got better once i started the meds. mine went on for over a month because first i didnt know what was goign on, everyone said it was a latching problem, and i was about to give up bfign altogether and i talked to the lac consultant and she said it could be yeast infection. so i called a nurse and the dumbass gave me a perscription for cream for the outside when the infection ws in the milk ducts. but i didnt know, i figured she knewwhat was going on. so eventually it got worse and worse so i went to the dr and they gave me diflucan to help, and after i took that it helped a lot. but i had to keep nursing despite the pain to get the infection out.

Im hoping that the fact that when I pump I still get a tiny bit is a GOOD sign. I will latch him back on today. Im also on Amoxicillin, one diflucan and nystatin cream. Its like I have so many meds so I thought it would be over by now.

Quoting 2PrincessesMama:“ Im hoping that the fact that when I pump I still get a tiny bit is a GOOD sign. I will latch him back ... [snip!] ... Im also on Amoxicillin, one diflucan and nystatin cream. Its like I have so many meds so I thought it would be over by now.”

and they say that baby can get more out of the breast than a pump can because of their sucking pattern!

just get him back on asap!

good luck  

So I finally sucked up the courage to put him back on my breast. And it worked great. They were still a little tender, but not too bad. I can definitely see the medicine working to clear up both the infections. As for the milk supply, it isn't up yet. He got frustrated after a few minutes, and I supplemented him with formula, but only about an ounce. So I know my supply is coming back, I think it'll just be a matter of days before its full yet. But I have faith, and Im so excited that I didn't lose my supply in full and still am blessed enough to be able to breastfeed my baby. Thanks all of you for the great advice, it worked!!

Quoting 2PrincessesMama:“ After a bad case of thrush AND mastitis, I was forced to stop breastfeeding a couple days ago. I am starting ... [snip!] ... from other moms on how to get my supply back. Any suggestions? Please help, I can't wait to get baby back on the breast!”

you could try pumping.... I have rented a hospital grade pump and when I started to get low on milk I would just make sure that I would start pumping religiously every two to three hours no matter how little I would get because the more you do it the more demand there is and more milk will start to flow.

Quoting 2PrincessesMama:“ After a bad case of thrush AND mastitis, I was forced to stop breastfeeding a couple days ago. I am starting ... [snip!] ... from other moms on how to get my supply back. Any suggestions? Please help, I can't wait to get baby back on the breast!”

I had mastitis bad, and a yeast infection and they thought I had MRSA on top of that, so i couldnt bf for 8 days. When I was ready again, I just pumped every 1-2 hours and now im going good. Try putting the baby to breast asap, get a shield if needed,i got one and it worked!!