I posted about a month ago that it seems like I was finally recovering from salmonella poisoning, which completely depleted my supply. With a four month old baby, I was producing about as much milk as I had been at only three weeks postpartum. All the work I had done with power, pumping regularly, hydrating, sleeping, etc., it finally seemed to be working. Then, I went back to work…
So now I’m not getting nearly enough sleep, I can’t pump as often during the day, and I can’t hydrate enough because I can’t pee when I have back-to-back patients. And of course, I’m more stressed out. And if I hear one more time that I need to relax and how stress decrease supply, I might internally combust.
But I haven’t given up. Something I’ve seen in HowToBoostMilk is drinking electrolyte.. so what beverages are people drinking? I don’t want to consume sugar or excess sodium. But I need to try something new!!