Fully into breastfeeding again
01.11.09 / Parenting, Twins, breastfeeding / Author: chinneeq
Tags: fenugreek, GNC, Halba, seeds
I gave up on Didi!
I know there will be no way for this boy of mine to accept formula (cow or soy) anymore as he hates it from the moment he is out into this world. Hence, I am already starting to take fenugreek to increase my breastmilk and surprisingly, I experience engorgement again (even better engorgement as compare to my confinement time).
How to take raw fenugreek seeds (Halba)
just swallow 1/2 tsp with water first thing in the morning with empty stomach
Where to get fenugreek seeds
I got myself one pack from the sundry shop and it is only Rm1.50. If you are afraid of swallowing these unprocessed ones, you can also buy One bottle of Fenugreek tablets from GNC Store (cost about Rm60 for 100 tablets)
After swallowing the seed for 3 mornings, I am surprise to see the “increase of cup size” again on myself. No more soggy breast but they are as hard as stone full with milk especially in the wee morning! So happy that I no longer need to struggle daily or torture my younger twin with force feeding the formula/Milo/full cream/fresh milk. Even his appetite for porridge has increase a bit although we have to keep him entertained with my office supplies, scribbling here and there on a piece of big white paper while eating.
Comments: 23
that’s sooo good news that u still have SUPPLY….I hope Didi will be good boy n drink up.
Lucky for didi the loving ‘cow’ is still so productive. hahaha
You actually swallow 1/2 a teaspoon of seeds?? Is it difficult to swallow? Spoon-feeding Baby C formula is just as torturous for us both. My Baby is lagi under weight, weighing only 9kg at 18 mths. If I don’t give her Pediasure, I think she will even be skinnier. Sigh…
hmm… I got this Halba at home too.. but to think of swallowing it, I am hesitating.. but now, since reading this, I think I just got to do it la.. like swallowing pills.. :p
no wonder la….i was only drinking the water when soaked in hot water. and it didn’t really helped that much. anyway, don’t need them now as i’ve stopped pumping at work. only giving directs at nights, mornings and weekends. so i wldnt want to start taking them and being engorged at work!
will share this with my SIL and other friends though. thanks for sharing!
Wow…so you become the moo moo again for both of them.
Aaa…must swallow the seeds??? Oh dear, I’ve been only drinking the water soaked with the seeds only all these while, no wonder it’s not working. Will try your method. Dunno why, my engorgement and let down is not as good as before when bb was 2 months. I nearly going to give up breastfeeding…
Oh swallow the seeds? Hmm ok will give it a try and see. Thanks for sharing.
oooo so cheap ka the raw type? should have bought it from the sundry shop last time. i bancuh and drink only when i was still breastfeeding my gal. still effective for me though.
now didi sure happy with the moo moo! bottomless!! hehe
Hmm..I didn’t know can swallow the seeds. The last time I had it, I boiled the seeds in slow cooker and drank the water. It was effective for me. Anyway, happy fully breastfeeing!
This is afraid me too. I scare my boy will reject other milk expect mine hmmm.
Congrats! U finally have the supply again to feed your boys. A great mother.
oh i didn’t know about this. ah well .. too late now.
ahhh..you found it! Easy right? So it really works??? You swallow the very hard seeds raw like that? Oh, I’m curious now, must try…..won’t it not digest and come out in your poo? It’s very hard, you know!
hahaa… now that you can continue your BF project again!!! Good to hear that.
hey…really salute u for being still so productive, haha
glad that didi has his fav meal back, LOL!!
wow, back to BF again. Salute you..:)
Hey fren, why only take in the morning? Am taking it too but 3 times a day wor.
Wow.. good way to continue breastfeeding!
thats good chin nee! fenugreek didnt work for me though
hey chinnee, powdered form works even better for me but to swallow them is so lar the suffering but i swallow also for the sake for my baby.
soon, i need to take 3 times a day coz might be babysitting my sister’s daughter and breastfeeding her baby too. hehehehe. i also wanna breastfeed 2 babies like you. 
Ooh…got to grab myself a bottle from GNC. Don’t think I’ll bother with boiling seeds etclah but I may attempt to swallow them LOL
i take milkmaid tea, now have to take daily, else dry up. Btw, I heard that Goat’s milk is better for baby that transition from breastmilk compared to cow or soy…coz supposedly it tastes like breastmilk. anyone tried?