Ugh, I hate pumping. Besides the physical demands, it is so stressful emotionally too, and men just don't get it (don't worry about it., yeah whatever).
You may already know that my production has fallen off from max 32 oz in mid-Dec to max 26 oz mid-Jan following a 4 day hospitalization and a 3 day flu three weeks after. I had bounced back to 30 oz max 1 weeks after being realised from the hosp., but never bounced back after the flu. Last week I tried power pumping during my evening session for three days in a row and also started taking More Milk Plus last Thursday. (This all is because adding in a pump again for 4 days didn't help) My production has remained in the 24-26 oz range, but its like the last 2 days it's been going down. I just pumped my afternoon pump (I normally pump 3x/day) and I am only at 14 oz so far today. Before all this, I would have been at 18-20 by now. At this rate, I'll only pump 20-22 oz max today. What is going on? Why can't I keep this up? I've been pumping for DS for 9.5 months now, can you all of the sudden dry up for no reason even if you are still creating demand? This is just so frustrating and stressful and it makes me feel like I can't even feed my own baby. Dammit, being a woman really sucks sometimes. Can anyone please help or cheer me up or something?