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[quote=Anonymous]Your hormones can change at around 3 months and cause ur supply to drop. Mine was cut in half overnight. I was mostly pumping at the time so I noticed right away. I was able to recover some supply by supplements and pumping (4hrs a day or more) but I still supplemented with what I had frozen, and even then DD was down a lot on her weight % (20th to 2nd) by our 4 month appt. She seemed ok and not crazy hungry, but apparently could have used a bit more. Her weight stabilized, so doc said it was fine, but I still felt bad. Same happened with my first except I had no frozen back up and didn’t notice right away bc I was only breastfeeding. She started getting really fussy nursing at night when milk is lowest. At the time I thought she just had a bigger appetite and my supply couldn’t keep up. Obv supplementing with formula was the right solution.

Hopefully it’s just the cold, but it is possible that it’s a supply issue so ur right to keep an eye on it. If your DD is happy, being down a couple % isn’t a big deal. But the stuff about low supply being in ur head and that it’s really rare is total BS. It took me awhile to figure out what had happened despite working with an LC. I thought I could get my good supply back if I just worked hard enough. Nope  but nice to have finally figured out that it’s hormones, not lack of effort, I guess[/quote]

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