I read WestFirefighter's post tonight about making sure to document your supply and it resonated with me as I'm going through a bit of an unexplained supply dip. I dropped by half without any explanation, change in diet, supplement, regimen, or dom mg. I'm 36ish hours from my 10th month of induction, my max had been one ounce total per day, and as of late, this is actual footage of my breasts' reaction to all of my pump/flange combos (lol). I'd like to share some of the things I've learned the last few weeks I've been deep diving into my personal Titty Tech Support.

• Genuine Lactation's (GL) blog and YouTube is a favorite of mine and her shop offers some free PDF printable if folks prefer to hand chart their output or use as an editable PDF.

• Todoist, the app can be really helpful for pump reminders and expression and could always be used in conjunction. This has been mentioned on the sub by many before.

• In an article about "The Modified Magic Number" GL's Jessica (IBCLC, CLC) recommends looking at your supply over a 3 week period to see what you're really making. Honestly an average makes a lot more sense than how I've been judging myself on a weekly basis.

• For weekly totals I prefer to pump directly into milk storage bags. I understand it may seem wasteful as I do not utilize my milk, but I have typically frozen them and waited til the end of the week and dumped them all in a bottle to see where I was at. I use this wide mouth bottle adapter and these Nulie bags; most bags would be compatible, I believe - check reviews. I am now pondering the 3 week theory above.

• For daily totals I will refrigerate my bottles between pumps but only pump/express into those bottles throught the entire day and then record the total at end of day.

• Interesting thing of note per GL's Jessica, it is in the 5-6 hour windows when without emptying that we start to signal our bodies to not produce. Now this doesn't mean we should only stimulate that often ‼️ but it should assuage some guilt for those days when we are late. Also, it is approximately 10-15 minutes after emptying that the breast begins its free refill cycle. Typically reaching a somewhat "normal" (for you) capacity in around an hour to an hour and a half.

I will add as I recall other tidbits! Please comment anything you find helpful!