03-09-2011, 10:30
Well Melissa,
I don't think you need to. Progesterone builds glandular tissue. So BO will do it for you. And during pregnancy, natural progesterone increases tenfold. If that doesn't grow glandular tissue, I wouldn't know what will.
The documents you quoted give pregnancy advice. I linked a book here
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=30261&highlight=pregnancy+AND+breastfeeding#pid30261
and there are tons of other pregnancy herbals and lactation guides. Search books.google.com, and get a good one. Pregnancy and lactation are actually the only times in your life when regular medical practitioners will help you get off meds and on herbs, because that's the advice in their books.
Read up on when to take what. I would actually concentrate on estrogens (build milk ducts) and on ovulation (regular cycle) before your next pregnancy. Re-evaluate your previous pregnancy and re-evaluate your diet thoroughly: you're probably not getting nearly enough folic acid and GLA. When we were preparing for pregnancy, we ate spinach nearly every other day!
Half way your next pregnancy, you still have enough time to build the glandular tissue. The natural progesterone increase should help. If your natural progesterone increase was not enough during the latest pregnancy, get a doctor to work on that.
The minute your baby is born, everything changes. That is the time to start the galactogogues. But there is a lot of difference between them. FG, GR, and nigella sativa are interchangeable, but fennel is clearly a progestin. My current list of galactogogues is here, under "prolactin":
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=35038#pid35038
The hormone that causes the contractions to drive the milk out is oxytocin. there are even herbs to stimulate that, like Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis).
And after breastfeeding, get on a FG-WY program asap, to prevent losing what you have.
I don't think you need to. Progesterone builds glandular tissue. So BO will do it for you. And during pregnancy, natural progesterone increases tenfold. If that doesn't grow glandular tissue, I wouldn't know what will.
The documents you quoted give pregnancy advice. I linked a book here
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=30261&highlight=pregnancy+AND+breastfeeding#pid30261
and there are tons of other pregnancy herbals and lactation guides. Search books.google.com, and get a good one. Pregnancy and lactation are actually the only times in your life when regular medical practitioners will help you get off meds and on herbs, because that's the advice in their books.
Read up on when to take what. I would actually concentrate on estrogens (build milk ducts) and on ovulation (regular cycle) before your next pregnancy. Re-evaluate your previous pregnancy and re-evaluate your diet thoroughly: you're probably not getting nearly enough folic acid and GLA. When we were preparing for pregnancy, we ate spinach nearly every other day!
Half way your next pregnancy, you still have enough time to build the glandular tissue. The natural progesterone increase should help. If your natural progesterone increase was not enough during the latest pregnancy, get a doctor to work on that.
The minute your baby is born, everything changes. That is the time to start the galactogogues. But there is a lot of difference between them. FG, GR, and nigella sativa are interchangeable, but fennel is clearly a progestin. My current list of galactogogues is here, under "prolactin":
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=35038#pid35038
The hormone that causes the contractions to drive the milk out is oxytocin. there are even herbs to stimulate that, like Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis).
And after breastfeeding, get on a FG-WY program asap, to prevent losing what you have.