Friday, April 30, 2010

Fattening up

Today was another weigh in for Callum and I'm happy to report he's done really well these last few days! He's gained a whopping 5 oz in 3 days which is pretty significant, and is now at 7 lbs, 3.5 oz. :) Dr. Safir wants us to keep doing what we're doing since it seems to be working - and we'll go back in for Callum's "2 week checkup" in a week (when he'll be almost 3 weeks, but given the amount of visits we've already had, he's giving us a break).

As for what we're doing - I'm still nursing first, then pumping like crazy afterward. We've been supplementing every (or almost every) meal after I nurse with whatever breastmilk I've pumped, and once that's run out (which doesn't take long!), we move onto formula, giving a couple more ounces until Callum is full.

I can't say the meds have increased my milk supply dramatically, although I do think I'm getting a little more than before. Hard to say if that's just because of the frequency with which I'm nursing and pumping or due to the meds, or both. Some of the literature I've read says that it could take several days or weeks for the domperidone to really kick in though, so I'm hopeful we'll still see a significant increase soon. :)

3 comments:

Kimmy said...

Hooray for good news! I know a few ladies who have had good luck with the meds but it did take them a week or two for it to really do anything

Kimmy said...

oh BTW!

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/LACTATION-COOKIES-1252680

Friend of mine works as a lactation consultant and says these can sometimes help :)

Mama Bree said...

Thanks Kimmy! I'll definitely have to try out the cookies - although they aren't going to help Operation Lose Weight! ;-)

Also good to know about your friends and how long it took for their meds to a kick in.