Badass Breastfeeding Podcast

Milk Supply After Six Months

July 27, 2020 Dianne Cassidy & Abby Theuring Season 1 Episode 153
Badass Breastfeeding Podcast
Milk Supply After Six Months
Show Notes

Did you worry about your milk supply when your baby was newborn?

Is your baby over 6 months and you STILL worry?

Do you feel less full?  Wake up during the night only to pump?

If the answer is YES, PLEASE listen to this episode.  You will feel much better.


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Things we talked about:

What happens to milk supply once things start to change? [2:59]

Your baby at 6 months [4:42]

Your body responds to your baby [5:50]

3-4 month changes [7:01]

What makes us think our milk is going away? [10:00]

Breastfeeding challenges when baby is newborn [18:40]

New challenges after the newborn period [19:21]

Pumping changes as baby grows [21:15]

Going back to the early days [24:19]

Behavioral changes vs. milk supply [26:18]

Measuring supply based on what you see [27:53]

Don’t expect your supply to be what it was when baby was a newborn [31:09]


Shout out of the week – Indigenous Birth Alberta [17:27]

https://www.indigenousbirthalberta.org

 
This episode is sponsored by Earth Mama Organics and Kindred Bravely


Other episodes we mentioned this week, or we just think you should check them out

https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/030-distracted-babies/

https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/129-balancing-solids-with-breastfeeding/

https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/025-back-to-work/

https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/075-breastfeeding-myths/

https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/118-breastfeeding-myths-that-wont-die/


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Music: "Levels of Greatness" from "We Used to Paint Stars in the Sky (2012)" courtesy of Scott Holmes at freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott Holmes