Domperidone works particularly well to increase milk production under the following circumstances: • It has frequently been noted that a mother who is pumping milk for a sick or premature baby in hospital has a decrease in the amount she pumps around 4 or 5 weeks after the baby is born.
It is our impression that
domperidone works best after the first few weeks after the mother has given birth (usually after about four weeks).
Domperidone works better after the first few weeks.
Not exact matches
With
Domperidone, herbs, pumping 5 - 6x a day on top of breastfeeding, I managed to
work up to about 80 % of what he needed & supplemented from 12 days to 10 months.
Most of the medications that can help milk supply
work by indirectly increasing prolactin levels in the body (a hormone important in producing breast milk) for example,
domperidone, metoclopramide, and sulpiride.
She wanted to try
Domperidone to help with her milk supply because the herbs that she had tried weren't
working.
My daughter cried inconsolably for the first couple of months of life and we tried everything with her, but the only thing that
worked was when I started taking
Domperidone to increase my milk supply.
In a situation where the mother had had a good milk supply, but it decreased for some reason (e.g. going on the birth control pill, see handout # 25 Slow Weight Gain After the First Few Months),
domperidone often
works very rapidly to increase the milk supply.
Therefore, we generally recommended that the mother take the
domperidone for at least six weeks in order to be sure whether it has
worked or not.
I tried fenugreek, blessed thistle, reglan, and even
domperidone, but was only pumping about 3 ounces every 4 hours while I was at
work.
I had a lot of trauma when my son was born, and everything the midwife had me try (pumping and
domperidone) didn't
work.
My supply has been awfully low but a regular dose of
Domperidone has
worked wonders.
Herbs such as fenugreek and the medications metoclopramide (Reglan) and
domperidone are sometimes used to boost milk supply, but evidence that they
work generally comes from poor - quality studies, according to the ABM.
Historically,
domperidone has been thought to
work well to boost or increase a mother's breast milk supply has decreased:
Because of her weak suck my supply has been awfully low but a regular dose of
Domperidone has
worked wonders.
There's other prescription type medicines that are also used Regulan, Motilium or
domperidone - things like that but you definitely want to
work with a lactation consultant then your physician an one on one to make sure that there are no contraindications for any of those medicines or even herbs for helping to increase your milk supply.
I think the Newman - Goldfarb Protocol
worked pretty well for me in general, and I found that in my experience,
domperidone was pretty helpful in boosting my supply.
Domperidone still
works, but often less dramatically when: • The mother is pumping for a sick or premature baby but has not managed to develop a full milk supply.
Domperidone, for example, is a drug galactagogue that
works by blocking dopamine receptors, which prevents inhibition of prolactin release and thus helps increase milk supply.