As the 9month mark reaches us I am happy to say that we are still consistently breastfeeding. Woo! Let me tell you I did not expect to make it this long. Trying to keep your baby exclusively breastfed is such hard work when you're a working mama. This experience has made me have so much more respect for my mother. Even though she was a SAHM she still had such a struggle nursing my triplet little sisters, but she made it to a year with all three. If I'm being completely honest she was my motivation when I had Stella. There were so many times I wanted to give up but she encouraged me to keep trying for Stella's sake. We went through so much to finally get to where we are now. Thrush (twice), a dip in my supply, stress..., etc. From everything I've learned a few major helpers. Never give up no matter what. There were days I'd be at work trying to pump and I'd cry because I was only able to pump 2oz. Thankfully I had a decent amount stockpiled in the freezer from my time off to help supplement what I was currently pumping. That helped soooo much in be beginning. As far as the fenugreek pills go they weren't a significant help with boosting my supply. But the fenugreek combo bars and milk water tea from www.mrsmilk.com helped so much! Within a day I saw a vast improvement. My milk was thicker and I had jumped at least 2oz at each pumping session. However I did have to change my nursing pads after each feeding or pumping. Not that I recommend automatically jumping to lactation boosters, but they helped me when I really needed them. Now I don't use them often but I do think they helped save me from going "dry" and aided in my continuation in breastfeeding my little bee. My ultimate goal was to make it to one complete year BF, I think we will achieve it and then some. This little girl shows no signs of weening anytime soon. She is such a milky babe she wants to nurse the second I walk in the door from work. Lol.
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