r/HumansPumpingMilk • u/newmomsos • 2d ago

Massive Drop in Supply

I’m 7 months postpartum, and I’m having a massive drop in supply. I’ve been exclusively pumping since 1 month postpartum, and I worked super hard to get barely an oversupply to stash some milk away. Most of my pumping journey I’ve been a just-enougher. Now I’m a significant undersupplier. I’m a little panicked because I really wanted to do strictly breastmilk until I could transition to solids. Does anyone have experience with this and can give me any tips? I’m currently pumping every 3 hours, with 4 hour stretches overnight. I just added back the middle of the night pump (I had been going 6 hours overnight). I’m taking moringa, and eating brewers yeast and flaxseed daily. I’m going to schedule an appointment with a lactation consultant because I’ve never felt confident my flange size has been right (been to 3 different lactation consultants who recommended 3 different flange sizes). I have a medela symphony, but I actually don’t feel like that empties me the best. I recently started using the baby Buddha and that feels like it empties me the best, but then I started having a drop in supply. I’ve switched between the Momcozy V1, willow go, and now baby Buddha with the spectra and medela symphony as my home pumps for the evenings and overnight. I’m at a loss and idk what to do at this point. Please help.

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u/too-enthusiastic 2d ago

Is it possible your period is about to come back?

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u/WhiskeyandOreos 1d ago

Ah. That MOTN pump is key.

Both times pp my supply NOTICEABLY dropped when I dropped my MOTN pump. Prolactin is highest then (or something like that—basically that hour of feeding is best to trigger milk production and sustain supply).