Sudden milk supply drop

Hi, so I’ve been continuously breastfeeding my baby up until now that he’s 15 months old. Recently I cut the feeds down to two, naptime and bedtime. He slept through the night for the past month or so. He’s been away from me one night only last weekend. My partner (then) wanted to take him to see his family for a weekend and we compromised to one night only. We sort of broke up since then. I experienced major stress, panic attacks and shivers. My toddler has now picked some kind of virus from nursery and I’m struggling as there’s barely any milk left for me to offer. I wish I had some more. But I can barely feed myself now as continuously feel nauseous, tired, and experiencing shivers. I had a call booked with doctors to talk about it. Has anyone experienced this because of stress? No idea what’s caused it and why I feel this way.

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It can be stress. You could also be dehydrated or getting babies nug. My supply dropped not long back when I had the flu and it was awful for a week or so but it came back. I got stressed earlier and produced half the milk at one feed too so I had to dip into the stash

There's a serious hormone change when you stop breastfeeding or if you decrease feeds very quickly. It sounds like you are sick too, but if you are interested in keeping the bedtime and naptime feeds, I would encourage you to still let your little one nurse, even if your supply has dropped some, the nursing can bring it back up. Also, I know you feel terrible, but not being hydrated enough can decrease supply too, so make sure you are getting fluids in, even if some of them come up! One more thing, as it's not clear from your post - could you have mastitis? Did you pump when your little was gone overnight?

Hi, I’m clueless at this point. As I’ve been feeling nauseous and have no appetite. No, have no mastitis. A couple of weeks ago, I’d actually feel my boobs being full. And suddenly, this week, has been basically gone. Doesn’t seem like anything is in there anymore, but I did try to feed him.

No, I didn’t pump, unfortunately

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