domperidone

March 12, 2007

I didn't have but about 6 weeks lead time to prepare for adoptive

breastfeeding. I used domperidone along with the usual recommended

herbs and oatmeal and was succesful. 2 points about the domperidone:

first, it usually only works for several months (depending upon the

mother), so you need to have all your other techniques working along

with it to continue breastfeeding. And second, I understand you

cannot get it any longer in the US. Before, you could get it as

a " compounded " drug. But it supposedly is not available in any

fashion in the US now - the FDA banned it. You may be able to get it

across the border. Also, this information may no longer be current as

I read about it several months ago. Another drug works similar to

domperidone but crosses the blood-brain barrier and is only

prescribed for up to three months as an extra-label drug for

breastfeeding. This is metoclopramide. There may be GI side-effects.

I'm should someone else has more current info that can be helpful in

acquiring these drugs if needed.

Carrol

, Laura Ballinger Morales

<lballinger wrote:

>

> I know this is not for everyone, but having had difficulty with

both my children and breast feeding, I found Domperidone to be very

benefical. For what ever reasons, I have not produced enough milk

initially. This was especially difficult for my first child as I

believe this and being tongue-tied led her to refuse the breast. I

did not immediately know of a solution, and it took some time to

resolve the situation. For my second child I was able to

successfully breastfeed ( and am still doing so today). I never was

able to pump more than an ounce at a time, but I did pump with my

first for more than a year. I did have to supplement with formula.

With my second child, who continued to nurse I was able to

exclusively breastfeed after starting the domperidone. It can be

costly, so you would have to look at your finances. But with me,

after jumpstarting the breast milk production I weaned off of it both

times. Chandelle's link below discusses this in further detail.

>

> chandelle' <earthmother213 wrote: jess - have you

tried pumping hands-free? there is even one kind of

> hands-free pump that is cordless - you can just put it in your bra

and go

> about your day. also, there are lots of herbs and foods that are

> galactogogues (increase milk supply).

>

> http://www.mobimotherhood.org/MM/article-diet.aspx

>

> the most important thing is to have the baby on as much as possible.

> nothing will stimulate your supply so much as having the baby at the

> breast. co-sleeping can be excellent for raising supply because the

baby

> can be on more or less constantly. also, i know several women who

nurse and

> work and use the weekends as nursing marathons. they just go to bed

for the

> weekend, ar at the very least stay naked practically all the time

and have

> the baby constantly skin-to-skin, in a sling if they have to get

around.

> just having the baby skin-to-skin will increase supply, actually.

maybe

> your husband will have to take over house duties for a while to

give you an

> opportunity to really give breastfeeding the time and effort

needed. if you

> don't have to worry about cooking or keeping up the house, then you

can

> focus on your baby and bringing up your supply. maybe you can get

help from

> friends or family too, or figure out some very quick meals to make,

or have

> some stuff frozen, or just give it up and let the house go for a

while

> because the house will always be there, but the opportunity to

breastfeed

> will not. in any case, when you are home, make sure the baby is

satisfying

> all of his (her?) sucking needs at the breast, as much as you

possible can.

>

> also, if it really is impossible for you to pump very much, many

women

> successfully breastfeed only during certain times. it's the same

> supply/demand thing. if you nurse only in the evenings and at

night, you

> will produce milk primarily in the evenings and at night. you just

have to

> decide whether or not you want to commit yourself to nursing a lot

at those

> times and using donated/pumped milk or formula the rest of the time.

>

> here is an excellent website for women having major nursing issues,

> especially with supply:

>

> http://www.mobimotherhood.org/MM/default.aspx

>

> here's an article specifically dealing with chronic low supply:

>

> http://www.mobimotherhood.org/MM/article-LMS.aspx

>

> some women have a very difficult time producing milk for a pump. i

was one

> of those mothers. letting down for a pump is a learned art, and one

that i

> never did learn very well myself, which was awful because that was

the only

> way i could get milk into my daughter. just remember, how much you

produce

> with a pump is NOT indicative of how much milk you are actually

producing.

>

> there is so much crap information out there about breastfeeding -

you

> mentioned the very common myth that the nutrients in breastmilk are

> inadequate after the first 6 months. try to focus your

> information-gathering efforts on groups like kellymom, MOBI, and

LLL, and

> ignore ANYTHING that ANY food or formula company has to tell you.

and

> pretty much any governmental organization too, since they get a lot

of

> kickbacks from crappy companies and therefore cannot be trusted to

provide

> good information. basically, if someone will benefit from you

believing

> what they have to say because it will end up with you giving them

money,

> ignore it.

>

> good luck.

>

> chandelle'

>

March 12, 2007

I was able to get it from a compounding pharmacy in W. Lafayette, IN, even after

there was supposedly a ban. No one even mentioned anything about a ban,

although I had read about it online.

It is widely used in other countries, and has been for many years without side

effects like some of the other medications, which is why I had gone with it.

Again, it might not be for everyone

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