Need To Increase Supply HELP!!! **Update**

[ANSnyder]

Ladies I need your expert advice!!

I am not pumping enough for my daughter to eat while I am at work. My DH has been having to use milk I froze before I came back to work for the past week or so. I am almost out of frozen milk!! I really do not want to have to give her formula so I need to increase my supply ASAP!!!

Here is what we do already.

Madison drinks 4 oz every 3.5-4 hours. (this complies with the 1-1.25 ounces per hour I am gone)

I pump about every 2.5-3 hours at work.

I drink between 48-64 ounces of water a day. (I don't really know if I can make myself drink more!)

I tried Fenugreek but it didn't sit well with Madison she was very fussy and gassy when I was trying it.

So what can I try or do to increase my supply? My only idea is to start waking up every 2 hours at night to pump but i know when she first came home and i was feeding her every 2 hours that hurt my supply because i wasn't sleeping!!!

Help please ladies!!
BTW Madison is 4 months old today.

**Update**
So I found out last night after talking to DH that between himself and my MIL who watches DD during the day in week days I work they have been throwing away anywhere between 2-4 ounces of milk!! Apparently her first feeding with a bottle she usually will only drink 3 ounces tops. So that's 2 ounces every morning thrown away!!! I can't believe I didn't know or realize this!! So we talked and we are going to start only giving her 3 ounce bottles at a time. If she still seems hungry they will make one more ounce. This should help me keep up a lot better!! I also ordered Mothers Milk Tea this morning to still increase my supply I would like to get my freezer stash back a little bit!!

Thank you all so much for all the great advice and encouragement!!!

[pinkiebabii]

Have you tried pumping from one boob while you feed her from the other?

[larissalarie]

If you don't already, add a pumping session first thing in the morning every day.

[larissalarie]

Oh eating oatmeal is also supposed to be good for supply.

[larissalarie]

Also tell hubby to stop using frozen milk. Just give what you can pump in a day. Then she will have to nurse more when you're home to make up the difference and that will increase your supply. Giving stored milk to make up can become a viscous cycle because you aren't pumping as much, she doesn't nurse as much, then you pump even less, etc.

[gdiamante]

More sessions. You will probably not be able to get more from an individual session. Pumping one side while nursing the other is mandatory every morning, seven days a week. No, it won't short the baby.

DO NOT pump at night... it will merely stress you for no reason. The output isn't worth it.

[R3G1N4_L0V3]

mothers milk tea =)

[lfrrll5]

This. Hugs I have so been there.

Quoting larissalarie:

Also tell hubby to stop using frozen milk. Just give what you can pump in a day. Then she will have to nurse more when you're home to make up the difference and that will increase your supply. Giving stored milk to make up can become a viscous cycle because you aren't pumping as much, she doesn't nurse as much, then you pump even less, etc.

[mommy_4509]

After she eats pump for 10 mins even if nothing is coming out . That will increase your supply . It worked for me .

[ANSnyder]

I forgot to add this I eat oatmeal everyday for breakfast

Quoting larissalarie:

Oh eating oatmeal is also supposed to be good for supply.

[ANSnyder]

If he doesn't use the frozen milk it will make her have over a 6 hour period of not having anything to eat! Wouldn't that have a negative affect to her?

Quoting larissalarie:

Also tell hubby to stop using frozen milk. Just give what you can pump in a day. Then she will have to nurse more when you're home to make up the difference and that will increase your supply. Giving stored milk to make up can become a viscous cycle because you aren't pumping as much, she doesn't nurse as much, then you pump even less, etc.