What to Do When
Your Period Decreases Your Milk Supply - Tips to mitigate the supply dip that happens when you get your period.
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So, during your
period, you may notice a
decrease in your breast
milk supply.
Liquid diets, weight loss pills, or going without food for long
periods of time can be harmful to your health and likely cause a
decrease in your
milk supply.
Women who have engorgement are instructed to do this three to four times in a 24 hour
period to reduce engorgement without losing
milk supply; since you are trying to
decrease your
milk supply, you may want to do it more than that.
If you get
periods to relax a
decrease in
milk supply will only be temporary and will increase again.
The return of your
period, a new pregnancy, or other factors can cause a
decrease in your breast
milk supply.
You're getting close to getting your
period back around that time, which can
decrease your
milk supply.
A woman's blood calcium levels gradually
decrease during this
period of time, and for some women the drop in blood calcium causes a drop in
milk supply.
Levels of prolactin remain quite high for the first 6 months postpartum while you're breastfeeding — unless you've gotten your first
period after baby, which
decreases levels of prolactin (this is why some women experience a temporary
decrease in
milk supply during their
period).