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Oh, oh, oh, oatmeal!
We all know that oatmeal boosts milk production. Lots of us eat it for that reason. Guess what? It works even when you don't want it to, when you're not eating it for that reason. I was craving oatmeal like crazy and after a couple days of having it in the morning, woo nelly... I haven't been engorged in months. I don't enjoy it. (Baby did.) --angela |
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Oh, oh, oh, oatmeal!
We all know that oatmeal boosts milk production. Lots of us eat it for that
reason. Guess what? It works even when you don't want it to, when you're not eating it for that reason. I was craving oatmeal like crazy and after a couple days of having it in the morning, woo nelly... I haven't been engorged in months. I don't enjoy it. (Baby did.) --angela Yeah, in the early days with my first child, I was eating a double batch of instant oatmeal every morning, as 90 seconds in the microwave was about all the time I had to spare to myself :-) I had no clue that it would boost milk production. Try having a 3 week old baby who nurses every 2 hours for 45 minutes+ and eating two bowls full of oatmeal every day for 2 weeks or so. No wonder I leaked like a seive until 14 mos! LOL Oh to have that milk back now. . . |
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Oh, oh, oh, oatmeal!
"AskeyKO" -uh wrote in message ... We all know that oatmeal boosts milk production. Lots of us eat it for that reason. Guess what? It works even when you don't want it to, when you're not eating it for that reason. I was craving oatmeal like crazy and after a couple days of having it in the morning, woo nelly... I haven't been engorged in months. I don't enjoy it. (Baby did.) --angela Yeah, in the early days with my first child, I was eating a double batch of instant oatmeal every morning, as 90 seconds in the microwave was about all the time I had to spare to myself :-) I had no clue that it would boost milk production. Try having a 3 week old baby who nurses every 2 hours for 45 minutes+ and eating two bowls full of oatmeal every day for 2 weeks or so. No wonder I leaked like a seive until 14 mos! LOL Oh to have that milk back now. . . I never realised oatmeal had such a dramatic effect :-) - does anyone know if the "Oat So Simple" cereal-type thing (in the UK) will do the trick? If not, what can you suggest? I'm already taking Fenugreek, but it doesn't seem to be working that well. Thanks in advance. Angela Mum to Aeryn (21.07.03) [and due back at work on Monday :-(] |
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Oh, oh, oh, oatmeal!
Not sure if that works Angela but I just buy bags of oatmeal (available at
most supermarkets it seems) and make porridge with it for breakfast. I still pump in the night even if the twins sleep through because I'm still trying to get a freezer stash as backup for when I'm at work. (wanted to do that before I returned to work but couldn't manage it). Pumped 15oz in 20 mins last night so somethings working!! I also take fenugreek and brewers yeast. Right ... off to make porridge ))) Ellie (UK) b/g twins nearly 16 wks!!! I never realised oatmeal had such a dramatic effect :-) - does anyone know if the "Oat So Simple" cereal-type thing (in the UK) will do the trick? If not, what can you suggest? I'm already taking Fenugreek, but it doesn't seem to be working that well. Thanks in advance. Angela Mum to Aeryn (21.07.03) [and due back at work on Monday :-(] |
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Oh, oh, oh, oatmeal!
I never realised oatmeal had such a dramatic effect :-) - does anyone
know if the "Oat So Simple" cereal-type thing (in the UK) will do the trick? If not, what can you suggest? I'm already taking Fenugreek, but it doesn't seem to be working that well. I think the instant stuff will work, if oats have an effect for you, I don't notice an effect on the days I have oat so simple, but nor did I when I ate regular porridge. The only time I notice an oat effect was when I ate a load of flapjacks when he was about 2months old, it didn't work the next time I tried it. |
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Oh, oh, oh, oatmeal!
Not sure if that works Angela but I just buy bags of oatmeal (available at
most supermarkets it seems) and make porridge with it for breakfast. I still pump in the night even if the twins sleep through because I'm still trying to get a freezer stash as backup for when I'm at work. (wanted to do that before I returned to work but couldn't manage it). Pumped 15oz in 20 mins last night so somethings working!! I also take fenugreek and brewers yeast. though usually in the baking section not the cereal section, I asked an american friend for the translations and it seems oatmeal is just porridge made with what we would call porridge oats, or rolled oats or even steel cut oats. What we call oatmeal they call ground oats over the pond, in the UK meal means a ground up grain, I think it's a cooked grain across the pond. So no need to buy bages of oatmeal, unless you prefer the taste of porrisge made with it (I do, I get if from the fair trade store near to home, much cheaper than the supermarket) |
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Oh, oh, oh, oatmeal!
PandA Aerospace wrote:
I never realised oatmeal had such a dramatic effect :-) - does anyone know if the "Oat So Simple" cereal-type thing (in the UK) will do the trick? It's really, really sugary. I'd get plain microwave porridge, and only add sugar [1] if needed. Lara [1] or maple syrup, my preferred option. |
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Oh, oh, oh, oatmeal!
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:52:24 +0000, Anne Rogers
wrote: I never realised oatmeal had such a dramatic effect :-) - does anyone know if the "Oat So Simple" cereal-type thing (in the UK) will do the trick? If not, what can you suggest? I'm already taking Fenugreek, but it doesn't seem to be working that well. I think the instant stuff will work, if oats have an effect for you, I don't notice an effect on the days I have oat so simple, but nor did I when I ate regular porridge. The only time I notice an oat effect was when I ate a load of flapjacks when he was about 2months old, it didn't work the next time I tried it. I can't stand porridge - will muesli have a similar effect? -- Linz YB: 12 weeks, 14lbs 14oz |
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Oh, oh, oh, oatmeal!
Anne Rogers wrote: though usually in the baking section not the cereal section, I asked an american friend for the translations and it seems oatmeal is just porridge made with what we would call porridge oats, or rolled oats or even steel cut oats. What we call oatmeal they call ground oats over the pond, in the UK meal means a ground up grain, I think it's a cooked grain across the pond. So no need to buy bages of oatmeal, unless you prefer the taste of porrisge made with it (I do, I get if from the fair trade store near to home, much cheaper than the supermarket) meal is indeed a ground grain, not a cooked one necessarily, though many ARE ground to make cooking faster. (cornmeal, oatmeal, etc) HERE however, oatmeal has broadend to include porridge oats in various forms. It gets weird, doesn't it? Corn here is maize there, and grain here is corn there. Feeding horses bilingually can get very confusing. Dawn |
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