Hi, I am using Fenugreek (9g per day - that's 9 capsules of the Nature's Own brand!), I also eat oatmeal every day and take Motilium (domperidone) twice daily. I still don't produce enough milk to exclusively breastfeed but I am able to produce some, so that I feed my daughter breast - bottle - breast. Maybe one meal per day is breastmilk only, and she feeds 2 - 3 hours later. She is 7 weeks old and I have been doing this since she was 10 days old, and I plan to continue at least until she starts eating solids at 6 months or so. I consulted my GP, a naturopath and a breastfeeding counsellor but it was my chiropractor who suggested the fenugreek.

I am also allergic to peanuts and I have asthma and I have suffered asthma every day as a side effect. I just use my puffers to relieve the wheezing.

*However - ! I would recommend fenugreek to anyone wanting to breastfeed more. The trick is to take enough until you smell like maple syrup. I knew when that was as I had a maple syrup taste in my mouth all day and my hands smell mapley. The sites mentioned in the article are great sources of information.

i have not only used it to help supply but given it to many clients and have found it to be very effective.

the reason it works is because it is a mucliotic herb so it helps to increase mucous secretions, breast milk being one, its also a fantastic herb to use in cold or flu as it clears the congestion by thinning mucous and helping you to cough it up, that being said you will often notice your nose becomes more runny or you produce more phlegm, this is just your body trying to expell the congestion.

as with all herbs they are not for everyone but they are well worth trying, and in my experience when used correctly have great results and most important natural results

Hey Kim,

I so so so wish I had had this information 18 months ago when I was having soooo much trouble with my supply I had to quit.  I paid a lactation consutant $90- and she never mentioned this little mirrical to me.  Just impossible positions and constantly pumping so that my bum made a permanant indent in the couch.  Oh little mirical herb, I will sing your praises to anyone who may require you. 

Thanks Kim.  I can see I am going to be e-mailing your artical quite a bit.  Well researched as well.

L

Chele xoxoxoxxo

P.S. poor little Natalya's tummy and little bum, what a yucky time of it she had 10 poo's in one day...... that must be a record.