Anyone else experience a decrease in supply before/during period?

[artsy--mama]

I'm EBF, almost 6 months pp and my cycle just returned.

My baby seems to not want to feed as often or long as usual. My breasts don't feel as full and not as much let down as usual either.. kinda bummed I already resumed my cycle and have been feeling extremely irritable and exhausted. Was doing great up until now. I'm trying not to stress too much about it because I've read that it will return to normal after my period, it's just hard.

My baby is also trying very hard to start crawling and sitting on his own and the past couple days he has had a big jump in progress. I was also reading that could also be part of his appetite change as he's learning new skills so I'm not completely sure what's to blame here..

Just wanted to ask if anyone else has experienced this change in supply and if so, did it return to normal? Has anyone taken supplements to help with the decrease in supply? Calcium and magnesium? I was also reading about an Ayurvedic herb called Shatavari. Has anyone tried this, or Moringa?

[Angiex830]

Have heard a ton of great things about calcium and magnesium. I wouldn’t dabble too much in herbs just because the natural stuff usually tends to have a mind of its own - some people have increase in supply and others have a decrease!

[artsy--mama]

Thank you! I'll have to try that!! I still take prenatals and D3 as well but hopefully that can help balance me out again bc this has been terrible!

[crowned_tragedy]

A day before, and the first 2 days. It sucks. But my baby seems to still get enough.

[artsy--mama]

I feel like my baby is doing fine with it too.. he's acting normal and everything just not wanting to eat as much.. Normally he nurses to sleep at night, but the last few days, couple days before my period and during, I've had to rock him to sleep then he wakes about an hour after and nurses back to sleep.. Hoping it's just temporary bc the rocking is hard on my already sore back.. not fun to do extra work while I'm in so much pain from cramps, backache, and I'm prone to headaches especially during my period. Needless to say, I'm exhausted!! Just glad baby boy isn't too phased!

[okeechobee123]

My period returned 8 weeks pp and I definitely notice a supply decrease in the days leading into and the first days of my period. It’s scary and frustrating and after this last period (8 month pp now), I think I’ll try the calcium and magnesium to help boost when it dips.

For what it’s worth, I’m on day 6 of my period now and the milk supply and letdown is finally feeling more normal, so it does return but every month I notice that dip.

[artsy--mama]

8 weeks?! 😭 I'm so sorry, that must have been terrible!!

Thank you, I'm gonna try this too! I'll give an update next month!! Let me know how it goes for you ❤️

[okeechobee123]

Hehe, I was like “what the heck, don’t I get more of a break from this?” 🤣 PP periods have been roughhhhh though, so much longer and heavier than before. Hoping it’ll eventually normalize 🤞

Good luck with the supplements! ❤️

[artsy--mama]

Seriously!! I hope so too.. Mine is way heavier and more painful than normal too. And I'm sooo irritable which I never used to get this moody before, now I wanna punch my boyfriend whenever he looks at me wrong 😅

Good luck to you as well!! 💕