Pumpin Twin Mama

I have been slowly but surely working on increasing my milk supply to enough to feed my twins without supplementing with formula. I had gone from about 35 oz per day to 43 oz per day in the past month. My twins each have been eating 25-38 oz per day so I'm only a little more than half way there and still exploring things to help.

I decided to try Liquid Gold for 7 days and this is what happened.

You're supposed to take SIX pills a day but I decided to take 4, two with my morning pump and 2 with my evening pump.

By Day 2 I was still right in the average:

Things took a turn on day 3.

It's not a HUGE decrease, but that's only because my amount was so low by the time I got to my last pump, that I decided to end the day with a long power pump to try to make up lost ounces.

Day 4 was even worse!

I decided it's NOT worth it to see where the full 7 days would get me. 3 ounces down in 4 days is terribly fast considering it took me 30 days to gain 8.

No thanks Lengendairy Milk!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies to Increase my Milk Supply!

I made some cookies yesterday to help with my milk supply. I pumped using the Momcozy M5 while doing it. You can get lactation cookie recipies all over the internet, but all I really wanted was a way to add more oats to my diet without eating more oatmeal. So I made it really simple onmyself. Here's what you need:

Betty Crocker Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix

1 pack of Quaker Oats Maple and Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal (you might as well get the big box because if you're trying to increase your supply like me you'll be eating oatmeal every day in addition to the cookies!)

1 egg

1 stick of butter

Night pumping with my Medela Pump in Style

I made Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies so I can have more oats in my diet to help increase my milk supply. I fudged them up a bit so they look a little funky, but they taste good!

The first pump I got was the Motif Medical Duo.

Pros - It's portable and the charge seems to last long.

Cons - I'm only two and a half months postpartum and the suction already seems to be going caput. At first I thought it was because I had the wrong flang size, but after resizing and resizing again I found the right flange sizes for me, but I have gone from only using levels 1-4 to now staying on level 10 and getting very low output. I could reach out to Motif because this time frame should definetly still be under warranty, but this is the pump I got for free with insurance, and I just got wearable pumps that work better. I don't think I would continue using the Duo even if I got a replacement.

The second pump I got is the Medela Pump in Style

Pros - I believe them when they say it's hospital grade! The suction is comparable to what I remember of the Medela Symphony when I was in the hospital, and I actually used that quite a bit because I had to be in the hospital twice (a traumatic story for another time). It also comes with a really nice pumping bag, and mini cooler bag and ice pack for if you're pumping on the go.

Cons - Like all wall pumps.....it's a wall pump. You just gotta commit the time to jut sitting there. It does have a battery pack, but that doesn't really turn it into a portable option in the true sense.

*The Medela Pump in Style is on sale on Amazon for $147 right now which is a really good deal.

My most recent pump purchase is the Momcozy M5

Pros - Great suction! So far it has been comparable to my Medela pump which is not the expectation for portable pumps. They are fully in bra so you don't have a motor sticking out the top (this was a concern for me for work from home meetings). This pump also has a nice carrying case, and it's sturdy which I appreciate because I'm clumsy! Best of all is this comes with 5 different flange sizes. I feel like most pumps nickle and dime you for the right size. They usually come with 24s and 27s knowing full well the average nipple size is 17-19mm. This one comes with 24 and 27 flanges and 19, 17 and 15 flange inserts.

Cons - So far my only con is I wish the battery life was longer because you have 2 pumps to charge not one. It comes with a charging cord for each but depending on where I am, or what I'm doing I need to charge them one at a time.

*The Momcozy M5 is currently still having a 10% off coupon available on Amazon.

In conclusion, I'll be using the Medela Pump in Style first thing in the morning and for my last pump at night when I do my power pumps, and the Momcozy M5 for the rest of the pumps during the day. The Motif Duo might be good IF I indeed got a dud, but I'd say probably try a different portable or wearble pump first. At anyrate, Here are all 3 linked again.

Motif Medical Duo Medela Pump in Style Momcozy M5

Try my new pump with me! It's the Momcozy M5 wearable pump and so far it's been getting me the same amount or more than my other pumps have gotten me during my daytime pumps, particularly midday and early afternoon when prolactin is low and I don't get enough output for both of my twins.