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> From: Bud & Linda  <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Patricia Gima, IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Instant oversupply
> Date: Wednesday, November 12, 1997 6:45 PM
>
> This may be 'silly', but it can't hurt to ask.  I've heard of women
> increasing their supplies using aniseseed cookies.  One woman I met
online
> recently just tried this, and said it worked GREAT, however eating too
many
> caused her to become engorged.  She said she ate 2-4 the first day to
> reestablish her supply, which I think had been dwiddling due to a recent
> illness.  After that 1-2 per day for a few days did the trick.  So, it's
a
> long shot, but perhaps this mom had too much of something with aniseseed?

> Just tossing it out.
>
> Linda NMI, WG, PA
>
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> > From: Patricia Gima, IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
> > To:
> > Subject: Instant oversupply
> > Date: Wednesday, November 12, 1997 2:26 PM
> >
> > Another LC called to ask if I had an opinion on a case.  Baby is 8
months
> > old, takes some solids, feeds at breast 4-5 times a day, all is well.
> One
> > day mom's milk supply got way ahead of baby.  Mom pumped out 12 ounces
at
> > one pumping.  She called LC who told her first to stop all that
pumping.
> > She decreased the pumping and the supply was diminishing and after 3
days
> it
> > is still ahead but she is not having to pump.
> >
> > LC and Mom want to know what could cause such a sudden jump.  Baby
hadn't
> > been feeding more frequently, mom not on bc pills, nothing unusual that
> mom
> > could identify.
> >
> > Any ideas out there?
> >
> > Patricia Gima, IBCLC
> > Milwaukee
> > mailto:[log in to unmask]
> >