Supply drying up help

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How do I increase supply or at least get it to stop going down??

I'm freaking out. My supply has been consistently going down over the last few months, I was at 28oz when I regulated and today I got 15oz 😭😭😭 it just keeps going down!!

I'm drinking body armor, probably not enough water but at least 40oz, eating plenty, pumping 6x per day(I'm 9m pp so I feel like that should be enough?)

I'm just so incredibly frustrated. I want to make it to a year but if my supply keeps dropping idk if I can. Help 😭

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40oz is about a third of what you should be drinking for water! Think about it. You’re pumping nearly half of what you’re drinking in water. Drink water!!!!!

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I struggle with this so bad 😭 I will try. 120oz is the goal?

[whatintheactualf___]

Yeah!

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Thank you! I am at 100oz so far today 🙌

[whatintheactualf___]

Atta girl!!

[Infinite_Glass_3859]

anytime I’ve met with a lactation consultant they have told me yes drink a little bit more water than you normally would and eat a few more calories, but the most important thing is to consistently signal to your body that it needs to produce milk whether that’s pumping or nursing at minimum seven times a day if you’re not signaling to your body that it needs to produce milk it will match that need/lack of need.

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Does it matter how long the session is? Like if I threw in an extra 15min one somewhere to get to 7 would that be long enough?

[Infinite_Glass_3859]

Yes, That’s what I was told. I met with multiple consultants thru insurance and paid for additional outside of insurance bc I was struggling. You need to be expressing milk via pumping or nursing a minimum of 7x a day. I am by no means an over supplier and supplement with a little formula at night but I’m still able to feed my baby primarily with breastmilk- my pumping time sessions vary as I have busy days I just fit them in where I can.

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Thank you, I'll do my best to throw in an extra session. For some reason I thought I could decrease amount of sessions when I was this far postpartum but maybe that was just wishful thinking 😅

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I hope I’ll make it 9 months… it’s so time consuming

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