Some people have asked what I use for women with known IGT to boost milk supply right after birth. I use goats rue, usually the Motherlove brand ( I trust their dosing). Clinically, it seems to me that goats rue increases glandular tissue volume. I have moms start this right after birth and stay on it for many months. I also have them add fenugreek. I do use other herbs, but I have moms add those on week by week, in order to see what is working and what is not.
I don't know why, but I often find that women with IGT have a pretty good response to domperidone. So, if I have used it for mom with her last baby and it was effective, I start that right away postpartum as well.
Anne



Anne Eglash MD, IBCLC, FABM
Clinical Professor, Dept of Family Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Medical Director of UW Health Lactation Services
Co- Medical Director, Mothers Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes
President of The Milk Mob,  A Gang of Breastfeeding and Human Lactation Educators
www.themilkmob.org
Breastfeeding is Nature’s Health Plan

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