Well, I think my nursing days are coming to a close. I've been sort of depressed lately and incredibly irritated with big and little c and I've been doing a little more reading up on the side-effects of domperidone, the pill I've been taking to increase my milk supply. I couldn't find anything online about depression but irritability and fussiness (in babies!) are definite side-effects women have reported while taking the drug.
I decided over the weekend that I would stop taking the pill to see what would happen, and WOW!!! What a different week I've had compared to the last few. Not only am I feeling so much better (I think exercising every day has helped too), but little c is far less fussy. Everything I've read says that only a little amount of the drug passes through the milk to the baby, which is why I wasn't worried when I decided to take it, but his fussiness has been increasing lately and I thought I'd take a break from the drug to see if it would improve both of our moods. And it definitely has.
Unfortunately, my milk production is uber low now and hardly anything is coming out. Oh well, we've made it almost to 9 months, which is a lot farther than I ever thought we'd make it.
I guess I can put away my nursing bras soon and pull out the old 32 A bras!! (Can you tell I'm trying to get myself excited for that depressing act?)
I'm glad you're feeling better!!
ReplyDelete...Maybe you've already tried it, but I have a friend who swears by that Mother's Milk tea if you're interested? I bought some when I was back in the US but obviously have no idea whether it works or not, though?