More Milk Plus & milk production issues

I think I have mentioned this before so as I'm sure you know my milk supply has plummeted over the past month or so from 15 oz to 8oz throughout my work day. I spoke to a LC and she suggested I start taking a supplement called More Milk Plus from motherlove.com. It is $30 (after shipping) for a bottle of 60 pills. When I ordered it I thought that was pretty reasonable. Well I just got the bottle in the mail yesterday and come to find out I have to take 2 pills 3x day = 6 pills a day! That means this bottle will only last me 10 lousy days! I'm sorry but I seriously cannot afford $90/mo for these pills!! I could barely afford $30/2mo for the pills but I was going to figure it out because we sure can't afford formula full time! I was just wondering if my milk supply does benefit from these supplements after 10 days do I have to keep taking them to continue getting more milk?? (I plan on pumping for 15mins after every feeding and once during the night also.)

My other question is this - I just took them for the first time 2 hrs ago and all of the sudden I got light headed and started see spots! It felt like I was pregnant all over again. I had to lye down and breathe to get my blood pressure back in check. It really sucked!! Do any of you know if this is a side effect of the pills? Here is what is in the pills - fenugreek seed, blessed thistle, nettle, & fennel seed. Oh and do you think if i decided to buy these supplements separately it would end up being cheaper?

Thanks for your help ladies!

Dunno, but what is the main ingredient in them? It's probably a lot cheaper to just go to a pharmacy and get that one supplement.
EX- I wanted to try and "clean" my liver out before TTC and all the liver cleasing kits and bottles were about $30+. The main ingredint in all of them was milk thistle, so I went to walmart and got a whole big bottle of that for $7.00.

I have a few cases of Mother's Milk tea here that need a home, if you are interrested just drop me a PM! It would be cheaper then the pills and it has the same basic ingreidents.

That is so nice of you!

Is the tea better than the pills?? I dunno if I could stomach the tea.... 

LOL it does not taste that great, but I would brew it 2 bags at a time and then let it cool, hold my nose and chug LOL Some people like it though, but I am not a fan of licorice (that is what it tastes like) and you can add honey to sweeten it if needed. I have heard great things about it! I ordred it for myself, but once I found what worked for me I didn't need it anymore but forgot to stop my autoship on Amazon, so I ended up with like five cases (yes, my husband wanted to strangle me LOL).

Oh my gosh that is too funny!! So it tastes like Jagermeister?! LOL! Unfortunately because of my RNY I wouldn't be able to chug it so I might not be able to get it down. Haha! But thank you for the offer!

 

You really only need fenugreek seed and blessed thistle (the others are nice, but those two are the main ones, especially the fenugreek).
The fenugreek will make you smell like maple syrup, just FYI.
Both of those can be purchased rather cheaply at Whole Foods or even WalMart for a fraction of the price you're spending on the other pills.

I looked up the herbs separately and found that it would only cost me about $20/mo if I just bought them that way. Yeah I will have to take triple the pills but that's fine if I can save that much $$$!

I dunno if it works this fast or if it's all in my head but I have pumped 9oz so far today and I still have one more pumping session before I leave work. I'm crossing my fingers!!

-Ash

I looked into EVERYTHING to help with milk production but with the amounts you need to take, it is super expensive. I couldn't afford it. I was told that the pill forms are stronger and work better than the tea forms of the same herbs, just so you know. I've been eating oatmeal everyday for breakfast and actually it seems to help. When I don't eat it, I can actually tell a difference. Just a thought. I don't know if you qualify for WIC but they will cover your formula expenses if you need to get any. Something to look into, luckily we qualify for it or I don't know what I'd do since I can't make enough milk. Good luck to you.