Milk Supply Gone? 10 Months Breastfeeding

You body has figured it all out.... it now knows how to produce the milk on demand... it no longer produces it when you don't need it, that is why you don't feel "full" in the morning.

If your baby seems satisfied, and isn't fussing like he isn't getting any milk, I wouldn't worry too much about it.....

Also... are you by any chance taking any medicines, either by prescription or OTC? Some of those can decrease milk supply. Antihistamines are well-known for decreasing milk supply.

As far as not hearing the swallowing sounds, he probably is swallowing... just not "gulping" as when there is so much milk at once. He is getting the milk, it just isn't as obvious. Your child is figuring it out, also..... he doesn't need to gulp and be noisy to be nursing efficiently. Is he still having plenty of wet/dirty diapers?

Good luck! Don't give up at this point....

I am still nursing my soon to be two year old, and I NEVER have engorgement, a feeling of let down, and seldom "hear" the swallowing anymore. Does that mean you (or I) don't have milk? No!!!! It's still there...your body is just becoming an expert in efficiency and so is your child.

If he is thriving and not fussing, chances are you have plenty of milk. LIke I said...I never leak, spray, get "full" or have a "let down" sensation (well, I never had that to begin with) but my child is thriving and when I try to express milk (very, VERY rarely...I don't pump, or anything...) there is milk there.

If your baby wasn't fussing, you may have had milk anyway. By the time my 3 babies were 10 months, I wasn't engorged unless I missed a feeding or baby slept all night.

I'd keep nursing on demand, feeding solids 3 times a day (I was at table foods by 11 months for my kids) and see how it goes.

Unless he starts showing obvious signs that he is not getting enough milk (not enough we diapers, fussing, wanting to nurse more and more because he's not getting enough per feeding) I'd assume that your body has adjusted to his needs and things are going fine.

His doctor will "ok" whole milk in about 2 months anyway. So you should be ok for now.

You do have choices, you can wean, or you can buy a pump and see if you really are "out" and try a bottle/sippy cup. You can even see about soy and almond milk.

Good luck.

I NEVER ever felt let down or engorged-- not even when my baby was brand new, but he was growing like a weed and I was changing wet diapers all the time!
Put him to the breast as often as he wants-- nothing is better at stimulating milk production!