Hi Laurie
Showing my ignorance , but what do peppermints do to the supply?
Lynda Lilienfeld S.A

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From: "laurie wheeler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 2:53 PM
Subject: sudden loss of supply


> Is this the baby who ate every 3 hrs and sleeps 10 hr at night?  This 
> seems
> un-physiologic to me and could have down-regulated mom. From early on, 
> baby
> may have breastfed less than usual, and has been sleeping longer than 
> usual
> stretches, until reaching this long stretch of 10 hrs.
> To fix this, the first thing would be to co-sleep, see if some extra feeds
> can be done. Assess what her supply truly is, galactagogues, pumping could
> be done (power pumping for 5 min whenever she can get a session in (many
> short sessions)), assess mom's thyroid, assess meds and diet, in case 
> she's
> easting peppermints or something.
> Laurie Wheeler RN MN IBCLC
> Mississippi USA
>
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