BF and exercise

I know you'd probably know that you're supposed to up your fluids during exercise anyway, but seeing as you're also bf make sure you drink TRUCKLOADS of water. Also make sure you increase the protein in your diet, very important with both things again (exercise and bf). You could try the usual supply boosters like milk flow spray (Naturopharm), almonds, lactation cookies, tigers milk, blessed thistle supplement, brewers yeast in smoothies etc, as well as things like oats and bananas.

I just decided not to exercise til I stopped BFing, as the same thing happened to me when I did exercise for 1 week!

Apart from fluid and protein all I would suggest is eat heaps - if your body doesn't have enough energy and starts losing weight, it makes sense that it will struggle to produce enough milk. Maybe try things like complan or protein shakes.

I'd be really surprised if an hours exercise could decrease your supply that much unless you were really dehydrated. I exercised quite a bit when BF DD and didn't notice any change. It could just be that it's coincided with that funny phase that babies go through round your baby's age - start waking all through the night. With many of my friends and my own DD they just came right again, it wasn't a hunger thing.

You could always call La Leche for advice or check out their book 'The womanly art of breastfeeding'.

Kellz, just drink to thirst.
He may have been feeding more cause the milk tasted different and he wanted to check to see if it had returned to normal or he was trying to get rid of it, lol, sounds stupid but you produce a hormone called lactic acid when you exersize which makes your milk taste yuck.
Also, going by his age, he is also at another developmental stage where he will be trying to up your supply again and will probably start night waking again, so it may just be coincidental that it happens now. Your supply will have also settled in by now and you will note that your boobs are feeling softer anyway, not making less.
a little exersize shouldn't make alot of difference and also drinking lots of water is no longer attributed to "making milk", however, breastfeeding mothers do get thirstier quicker!!! and you need to be aware of drinking to thirst.

lol not exersizing fixes everything! To steal a phrase, when I get the urge to exersize, I lie down till it goes away...
I totally agree with you in saying that what isn't "meant to" often does. And often its when its a "new" thing.

fattartsrock wrote: Also, going by his age, he is also at another developmental stage where he will be trying to up your supply again and will probably start night waking again, so it may just be coincidental that it happens now.

This is definatly happening. How long will it last? I only got 4 1/2hrs total sleep last night and was supposed to be starting back at work today but cant on that little ammount of sleep.
We got to the point where Aiden was waking only once a night for a feed, lasted about a week then he got worse than ever a few weeks back, no longer doing a 6+hr stretch, but back to 3-4hrly feeds all night. I dont know waht Ive done wrong or what I can do to help it. He self settles well for all his sleeps.
I so dont want to loose my job

If you are wanting to tone up ... you might have better luck weight training than doing a cardio class ... it also would probably leave your milk supply intact.