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below courtesy of Momiji5425:
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I was browsing
online for more inducing help, and i
found this forum where this woman
put up her whole routine. Here it
is:
PUMPING:
For 4 weeks I used a dual electric
pump every 3 hours for 20 minutes
each time. I divided each session
into 6-7 minute cycles with the pump
on low, medium and then high. I did
not pump during the night, but I did
pump right to 11:00 pm, which meant
I pu mped 5-6 times a day.
DRUGS:
I started out on a drug called "domperidone
maleate" prescribed by my fertility
doctor 30 mg/day. The lactation
doctor quickly upped the dosage to
80 mg/day. They are in 10 mg pill
forms.
HERBAL TEAS:
Comfrey, raspberry, nettle, red
clover, alfalfa leaf and fennel. I
still take 6 cups of tea daily, one
of each herb plus a fenugreek tea
bag.
HERBAL CAPSULES:
Blessed Thistle and Fenugreek seed
capsules. Fenugreek, much like
domperidone is a digestive that also
increases lactation.
THE DAILY
REGIME:
Four times a day I take the
following pills/herbs with a cup of
tea and then another cup of tea
between times (total teas 6-7/day)
Pill regime 4 x a
day at 7:30 am /11:30 am / 3:00 pm /
7:30 pm
1) 2 x Domperidone
- (total of 20 mg) 2) 2 x Fenugreek
capsules - (total of 1410 mg) 3) 2 x
Blessed Thistle - (total of 870 mg)
4) 1 cup of tea with 2 bags,
Fenugreek plus one of the 6 herbs
above 5) and another cup of tea as
above between pill times 6) I often
hand pump while nursing (especially
during the 1st 6 weeks).
IMPORTANT!!!!!!! I
looked up the teas, and Red Clover
shouldn't be drunken by anyone on
the pill. Not sure why, that's just
what it said.
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Here are more teas
I just found that can help.
Ground fenugreek,
anise, borage, raspberry leaves,
blessed thistle, dill, garlic,
nettles, fennel seeds, goat's rue,
false unicorn root, vervain (also
called verbena)
I found it here:
http://www.babycenter.com/0_breast-milk-interactions-chart_8788.bc
where they also
say Comfrey tea can get in the way
of lactation.
"Special"
Combination:
Blessed thistle + fennel + fenugreek
(nettle is optional).
All-purpose
nursing infusion:
1 ounce dried blessed thistle or
borage leaves, 1 ounce dried
raspberry or nettle leaves, 1
teaspoon any one of these seeds:
anise, cumin, fennel, caraway,
coriander, dill. Place leaves in
half gallon jar and fill to top w/
boiling water. Cap tightly and steep
overnight. Strain herbs and
refrigerate until needed. Before
nursing, pour off one cup and heat
nearly to boil. Pour over a tsp. of
any of the seeds. Let brew and cool
for five minutes before drinking.
Can be drunk freely, up to two
quarts a day. ("Wise Woman Herbal
for the Childbearing Year" by Susan
Weed)
To make another
milk boosting tea:
Use 1 teaspoon *each* of fennel,
cumin and dill, steeped in 8 oz of
boiling water for 15-20 minutes.
Drink one cup, three times a day.
Results should be noticeable within
24 hours. Then you can increase or
decrease frequency as needed.
Momiji5425,
September 23, 2010
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