Instead of the capsules, have you tried a tincture? It is infused and much
stronger than the dried, and most likely old, herb? I've had great success
with Nursing Mothers Tincture from kerrysherbals.com. HTH.

Shannon

"Marie" wrote in message
ble.rogers.com...
In my neverending quest to find *something* that will increase my milk
supply, I am currently taking: 80mg of domperidone/day, 16 capsules of
Fenugreek/day and 16 capsules of Blessed Thistle/day. SIGH All this,
and
I'm still oly making *maybe* 1/2 of what I need for my twin boys. While I
can't find anything definitive--I'm not sure I can/should increase my
Fenugreek or Blessed Thistle (if any of you know what the max dosage
should
be, please let me know), so I've been trying to find other things I can
add
to my regime that may help.

Today I read something that suggested raspberry leaf, fennel, and brewer's
yeast may help. Has anyone had any experience with any of these? What
about Milk Thistle (something else someone recommended)? I'm wondering
about dosage, and any side-effects/interactions I should be worried about.

Any other ideas for increasing supply? The boys *still* haven't latched
on,
so I'm struggling to increase through pumping alone.

Actually, that raises another question--even if they don't latch, could it
help supply if they just kinda lie there? I'll put them to my breast and
they'll mouth it/lick it/fall asleep on it--just not latch DOUBLE SIGH

TIA

Marie
Chris and Alex--born 04/23/03 @ 31 wks gestational.