Help! Milk supply has dropped more than half
I’ll start out by saying I am 6 months PP and I exclusively pump. I’ve always been a just-enougher with a slight oversupply at times. I have a small freezer stash. At the beginning of September my supply took a small dip with reoccurrent blebs/clogs. About a week ago, it drastically started dropping. My output is is half or even less than what it was. Originally I thought it was from my period returning but I never did get my period. I then took a pregnancy test to make sure that was negative. For the last week both me and my baby have been battling illness. Really my only symptom has been a fever once a day but I have maintained hydration so I don’t think that’s it. I only use my spectra and I have remeasured and made sure I’m wearing the right size flanges. Also all parts have been replaced. I read somewhere that spectra’s start to loose suction after 700 hours and I of course am at 700 hours. I have the pink spectra from my first pregnancy that only has 55 hours that I can use but do we think this could be the problem? Do we think it’s stress? My biggest stressor right now is the fact that my milk is dropping so drastically. I don’t have anything against formula but my baby is CMPA so I just really want to keep giving her my milk as I am dairy free.
I pump 7 times a day, one of those being a power pump. I pump at 4am, 7am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm, then power pump at 11pm. I’ve been on this schedule for the last 3-4 months. I am taking sunflower lechitin daily and applying lanolin after every pump.
Any thoughts, discussions, questions, and recommendations welcome! Thanks in advance ♥️