[blparent] Breast milk production treatments

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Phenugreek is another herbal remedy used to increase milk production. I
also ate oatmeal and barley for almost every meal to help. They did put
me on reglan once other remedies were not working. I had previously been
on Reglan to help with acid reflux during my first trimester when the
nausea was severe. It does, however, have some pretty extreme side
affects that you should be aware of, fatigue being the least of them. If
you're producing milk, I would suggest sticking to other methods and
avoiding reglan unless an extreme case like mine where no milk was
producing, and even then, be very aware of the possible side affects.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:24:31 -0600
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
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Hi.  Please also keep in mind that massage or nipple manipulation during

pregnancy will, first of all, not increase your milk supply, and
secondly, 
it can be very dangerous because it can stimulate uterine contractions 
before you or your baby are ready to have them.

Once you are ready to start breastfeeding, if you find that your milk
supply 
needs a boost, there are supplements you can use.  The best one I found
was 
called More Milk Plus, and I got it at motherlove.com.  There's also
goat's 
rue, which is available in a capsule and also in a tea.

Then there are all sorts of folk remedies that are supposed to build
milk 
supply.  I think I tried every single one of them--eating oatmeal or
carrots 
or purple cabbage leaves, drinking Stout beer with salt peanuts, I don't

remember what all.

Oh, and then there's Reglan.  My advice to anybody who is offered this 
prescription drug as a choice is to remember the Ragan years and just
say 
no!  The drug is usually used to combat acid reflux, and in some cases,
it 
has been shown to increase milk supply.  But a great many women have 
debilitating fatigue as a side effect.  I was one of them.  Not just the

kind of fatigue where you feel worn out.  I had fatigue that made
walking 
from the couch to the kitchen almost insurmountable.  I would hear my
baby 
crying and feel absolutely physically unable to get up and do anything
about 
it.  The hard part about the drug, too, is that you have to build up
slowly 
on it, and go down slowly when you want to get off.  So even if the 
immobilizing fatigue takes you over and you start cutting back your
doses, 
it might be a week or more before you can stop taking Reglan entirely.
And 
then more time has to go by for the residual effects to get out of your 
system.  It was at least a few months before I felt like myself again
after 
taking Reglan.  At the very least, I would advise anyone to research the

drug thoroughly on the Internet, and then try to have help with baby
care 
till you find out how Reglanwill affect you.

Jo Elizabeth