In tears... Need advice!

For some people they do need to choose between bfing their baby and seriously losing weight. Your milk supply will be affected if you cut down the calories. Would you be happier with a slower weight loss? Even just a pound a week? Have you taken into account breastfeeding into your daily calorie allowance? because you are able to have quite a few more than if not bfing. Maybe just try maintenance calories for a week or two and see if that helps your supply then cut back but not as drastically as before.

I'm not an expert and my "baby" is 14 now... but couldn't you pump in between breast feedings to keep your supply up? Just like she was still breastfeeding exclusively (or maybe not quite that much).

Good luck!!

Hi there,
As a woman who has fed breastfeed all three of my boys till they were 13 and 16 months....if you want your milk supply to increase then you have to feed your baby more often...your body only makes as much as your baby demands.....make sure you are drinking plenty of fluids (water) to help not only with your weightloss but milk supply as well....you should be eating healthy anyway if your breastfeeding....which also helps with supply...
Please dont stress out to much about what the scales say...everybody's weight goes up and down frequently...with salt levels, fluid levels etc....just be consisent with your eating and exercising and you will get to where you want to be
good luck :-)

I would recommend you continue eating healthy. Eating healthy isn't just about weight loss, although that is a wonderful perk of it. Eating healthy means you are putting good things into you, so that you will be healthier in the long run. So that you will be a healthy mom to your child. I would never discourage anyone from breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is an awesome and wonderful thing to do for your child. I just hope you can find a way to breastfeed and eat healthy. McDonalds might be faster, easier, and tastier, but it is so full of so many bad things that really do damage your body.
As I'm typing this, I'm saying this to myself, as well. I have been horrible about eating McDonalds. My mother just had a huge talk with me about how I am slowly killing myself, and how selfish I am being because my kids need me. Man, it really hurt to hear that ... but she was right.

So I would encourage you to find some alternatives to getting your milk supply up, and to keep eating healthy. Even if you have little too no weight loss, the healthy eating is still so important for you.

Have you asked your doctor about prescribing something that might help with your milk supply? I know my ob/gyn gave me something .... reglan??? when I was breastfeeding to help me out. That was 7 years ago, though.

Good luck!

So I have been trying to lose some of my baby weight for some time, but got really serious for around 2 weeks. Lost 4lbs, which is great. I am still breastfeeding my 6.5 mo, only twice a day though.
To cut long story short, since she's been on 3 meals a day, she doesnt want as much milk. As a result, my milk supply has dropped. So I started taking fenugreek, which is known to increase milk supply.
What I didn't know, unfortunately, is that it causes weight gain.

I GAINED 3 LBS THIS MORNING!!! :sad: :sad: :sad:

I am so depressed at the moment, I just want to cry.
I did a bit of research, and its definitely fenugreek. It's used in the ME by women who want to gain weight. It can cause as much as 25lbs gain in a couple of months.
I don't know if I should stop taking them, and lose weight, or carry on and give up on weight loss all together. Because there really is no point to exercising and eating really well if I'm going to gain weight . Eating healhy makes me feel good only if I lose weight, and I'd rather eat McDonalds if I'm gonna gain weight anyway
Obviously my baby is more important, but maybe I should try different ways to increase my supply

Thanks for any advice

25 lbs gain??? I really doubt that, I mean how is that possible? I used it when breastfeeding and I was fine.

I think your three lb gain was more likely just a weight fluctuation.

I Have breasted my seven children till self weaning, around 2. Still feeding Master 2 now lol. Try a low deficit for now. Too much will effect supply!! I worked out my TDEE, took off the 20% then added back 200 calories for feeding. With a 6 month old I'd add back about 350. And put bub to the breast every few hours to increase supply. If supply doesn't increase, there are medications (mot ilium and maxalon) that can help. Eat healthy, keep the deficit small and it will work out lovey xo

Hi there,
As a woman who has fed breastfeed all three of my boys till they were 13 and 16 months....if you want your milk supply to increase then you have to feed your baby more often...your body only makes as much as your baby demands.....make sure you are drinking plenty of fluids (water) to help not only with your weightloss but milk supply as well....you should be eating healthy anyway if your breastfeeding....which also helps with supply...
Please dont stress out to much about what the scales say...everybody's weight goes up and down frequently...with salt levels, fluid levels etc....just be consisent with your eating and exercising and you will get to where you want to be
good luck :-)

I second this. I breast fed my four children - we didn't have a bottle in the house. If your baby is taking less milk you will produce less, it's a "supply and demand" set-up. You don't need to take any steps to increase your milk production, if for any reason your baby decides to take more milk (perhaps a bit under the weather, or feeling cranky) you'll make more really quickly in response.

Having more milk than your baby needs is unnecessary and can be painful. One of mine (at 8 months) woke up one morning and refused to take another drop - we went from 6 feeds a day to none at all. She was fine, I had "an embarrassment" of milk & had to express for a few days to reduce the pain and swelling!

The whole breast-feeding system is a beautifully set up loop that doesn't need any tinkering with once it's established, and by six months, it's WELL established. :-)

You're doing great! Please don't get stressed about it, you don't need to do anything except eat healthily, drink plenty and plug that baby in when he/she wants to.

Hi there,
As a woman who has fed breastfeed all three of my boys till they were 13 and 16 months....if you want your milk supply to increase then you have to feed your baby more often...your body only makes as much as your baby demands.....make sure you are drinking plenty of fluids (water) to help not only with your weightloss but milk supply as well....you should be eating healthy anyway if your breastfeeding....which also helps with supply...
Please dont stress out to much about what the scales say...everybody's weight goes up and down frequently...with salt levels, fluid levels etc....just be consisent with your eating and exercising and you will get to where you want to be
good luck :-)

I second this. I breast fed my four children - we didn't have a bottle in the house. If your baby is taking less milk you will produce less, it's a "supply and demand" set-up. You don't need to take any steps to increase your milk production, if for any reason your baby decides to take more milk (perhaps a bit under the weather, or feeling cranky) you'll make more really quickly in response.

Having more milk than your baby needs is unnecessary and can be painful. One of mine (at 8 months) woke up one morning and refused to take another drop - we went from 6 feeds a day to none at all. She was fine, I had "an embarrassment" of milk & had to express for a few days to reduce the pain and swelling!

The whole breast-feeding system is a beautifully set up loop that doesn't need any tinkering with once it's established, and by six months, it's WELL established. :-)

You're doing great! Please don't get stressed about it, you don't need to do anything except eat healthily, drink plenty and plug that baby in when he/she wants to.

THIS....