When it was time for us to be discharged 48 hours after my son's birth, he had lost 8 % of his birth weight, and since it could be another 3 days before my milk came in, the pediatricians told us we needed to
supplement after leaving the hospital.
We
left the lactation office with a
hospital - grade rental pump, a cache of fenugreek, goat's rue and other milk - inducing herbal
supplements, and instructions to pump for 15 minutes
after every nursing.