Increasing breast milk production

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Wednesday, May 2nd 2007, 8:38pm

This recipe is handed out by Weleda and comes highly recommended by a friend and colleague as a way to help you increase your breast milk. I have not tried it as yet so cannot vouch for it...

**** WELEDA SCHLEHEN VITALITY TONIC JUNGLE JUICE RECIPE****

Use this recipe daily, over a 24 hour period to help stimulate your milk produciton and increase your energy levels

50ml Schlehen Blackthorn Berry Elixir
1 litre apple juice
2 litres water
1 sachet Blackcurrant Rehidrat

Mix all together. Add 10 drops of rescue remedy to every glass just before you drink it...

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Wednesday, May 2nd 2007, 9:12pm

I'm sticking this to the top of the board.

If anyone tries this would they please respond with results.

Ta x

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Wednesday, May 2nd 2007, 9:55pm

I don't quite understand it, though, Rene. Do you drink all of that in one day? In which case, what is the "10 drops of rescue remedy"? Or is this the "rescue remedy" to add to what you drink?

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Wednesday, May 2nd 2007, 10:13pm

Bach flower rescue remedy. It's very nice stuff, tastes like plum wine

It's a useful potion to use by itself when the let down reflex is slow or when milk drops back due to stress or illness. I recommend a few drops on the tongue 15-20 mins before feeding but 10 drops obviously would be more potent.

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Thursday, May 3rd 2007, 8:22am

Rescue remedy is fab stuff. I used it the mornign of my wedding day to calm me down and also on the recommendation of the lovely Bells when I was BF. DH takes it when flying 'cos he's a big wussy girly about flying!

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Thursday, May 3rd 2007, 8:28am

Me too always have it on my bag because I am just a big wussy girl full stop!

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Thursday, May 3rd 2007, 9:03am

me too I use it all the time...Im a big girls laura ashley summer frock..am picking up my blackthorn elixir today as recommended by Wella...she swears by it..will stick to that with the rescue remedy addition........also taking Floradix

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Thursday, May 3rd 2007, 9:06am

I also swear by floradix

The blackthorn elexir is yummy!!! (and has helped me when I thought I was running low on milk)

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Thursday, May 3rd 2007, 6:35pm

How amt times a day do you take your BT elixir hon...it recommends 3 with meals.....do choccy brownies and muffins count as meals

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Thursday, May 3rd 2007, 10:12pm

Am I the only person in the world never to have heard of rescue remedy? Where do you get it from, and what's in it?!

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Thursday, May 3rd 2007, 10:47pm

Yes Limpet, you are!

http://www.bachflower.com/

Buy it from Boots and some little chemists

Also suitable for highly strung children, I used to give it to DD2 when she was going through her "I'm scared of everything!" phase. We called it her panic medicine because she used to scream "I'M PANICKING!!!!" just before she launched herself downstairs head first. :rolleyes:

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Thursday, May 3rd 2007, 11:18pm

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Originally posted by Limpet
I don't quite understand it, though, Rene. Do you drink all of that in one day? In which case, what is the "10 drops of rescue remedy"? Or is this the "rescue remedy" to add to what you drink?

Limpet, Hun
You are supposed to drink the whole lot every day and each time you have a glassful you add Rescue Remedy to it. You can get Rescue Remedy in homeopathic stores or the homeopathic section of you local pharmacy.
I can forsee that if you do make this mix and take it every day you will have little or no need for other liquids as you will already have taken 3 litres by the time it is done.
My only problem with blackthorn berry elixir is that it is super-sweet to my taste and my problem with the recipe is that I HATE black-currant flavoured drinks

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Thursday, May 3rd 2007, 11:20pm

you could try the juice hon........its not so sweet...fraid still berry tho!!

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Friday, May 4th 2007, 11:56am

Limpet - dont worry - I havent heard of rescue remedy either! 8o

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Tuesday, August 14th 2007, 7:31pm

RE: Increasing breast milk production

Hi
I was just wondering if you had any websites that ship internationally that supply all these products...I'm having a heck of a time finding them and I would really like to. Thank you!

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Tuesday, August 14th 2007, 8:40pm

Geri, where are you located?

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Wednesday, August 15th 2007, 2:39am

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Thursday, August 16th 2007, 7:51pm

Hi Geri and welcome. I'll try to have a look around and see if I can find somewhere that you can buy the ingredients off the net, no promises though...

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Thursday, August 16th 2007, 8:49pm

Thank you!!

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Thursday, August 16th 2007, 9:03pm

I must admit that so far I am just getting really frustrated as the elixir is available at Weleda UK, but they only ship within the UK. THe US site doesn't even list it as a product??? I don't get it...
Have not given up though

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Thursday, August 16th 2007, 9:24pm

Its ok if its getting frustrating...I know the stuff is damn near impossible for Canadians/Americans to get...almost need to search out the Black Market...I've searched everywhere...the Rehidrat stuff is hard to find too...is that like powdered electrolyte drink?

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Sunday, July 5th 2009, 2:59pm

Hello I just was reading this recipe, It sounds great but can someone please tell me where to get

schlehen blackthorn berry elixir and
sachets of blackcurrant rehidrat.

I am in the UK, i know noting about all this healthy stuff so can you help.

Thank you x

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Sunday, July 5th 2009, 4:02pm

Is This Right?

It's 50 ml/day for the Blackthorn berry Elixir? That's only 10 days per large size bottle...wow!

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Sunday, July 5th 2009, 9:37pm

Hiya, Geri - yes, that is 50ml per day. So you end up going through a lot of the stuff.
I ended up using it for a short period only and my milk production was fine. I take it that, afer 2 years of trying, you finally managed to get hold of some?

Sa-Leanne
You can get the rehidrat at pharmacies - they keep it with the gastro remedies normally and the elixir is with the homeopathic stuff (I think) so if your pharmacy has a homeopathic section you will get it there. Otherwise try the homeopathic shops...

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Sunday, July 5th 2009, 9:41pm

LOL yes. I got some way back then, but I had to order it from Africa (I am from Canada!). I have another baby now though that I am b/f so this is still useful to me. Does the Bach's have alcohol in it? Is it ok?

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Sunday, July 5th 2009, 10:11pm

I think it does but it is such a tiny amount - the whole bottle is less than equal to a tot...

And congrats on number 2!!!

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Sunday, July 5th 2009, 10:37pm

Thank you very much, fingers crossed it works for me.

Worth a shot i think with two mouths to feed x

Sa-Leanne xx

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Thursday, January 21st 2010, 8:32am

Increasing milk supply with Weleda Blackthorn Elixir and Holle Nursing Tea

Hi all

I breastfed all three of my children with varying degrees of success, and though there were difficulties I was so pleased I did breastfeed. The feeling it gave me was amazing. I had problems with milk supply with my youngest and found the Weleda Blackthorn Elixir a real help. I was living in Germany at the time and buying the elixir was not a problem for me there.

I now live in the UK and, please accept my apologies for the little commercial plug, run an online shop selling high quality organic baby foods. Because I love the whole Weleda range so much I do also stock the Weleda Blackthorn Elixir www.ulula.co.uk/blackthorn and the relatively new Holle Nursing Tea www.ulula.co.uk/tea , a specially formulated herbal infusion for increasing milk supply in mums to be and breastfeeding mums. If any mum would like some free samples of the Holle tea just fill in the form on the site and I'll gladly send them along. Many mums tell me they have great success with the Holle Nursing Tea and it a a real joy for me to be able to help support those women with their breastfeeding.

Again, apologies for the slightly commercial nature of the post but hoped it may be of use to future mums who have problems with milk supply.

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Just bumping this up as there are some free samples of 'Nursing Tea' available from the above post.

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Just ordered some of the free samples to see what they're like! Will let you know!

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Wednesday, February 3rd 2010, 7:59pm

I got mine last week, havent tried them yet but they look good.
Also the recipe above does work, I tried it for a few days and definatly notices an up in my supply and I was also running to toilet every 15 mins :snigger:

Also the rescue remedy smells very similar to wine so I closed my eyes and pretended :snigger:

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Wednesday, February 3rd 2010, 9:04pm

i had minimal breast milk with ds and with dd i have a smigin less than minimal and i have been boiling water with fennel, ajwain and cardomum - drinking it when cooled.... link below may help

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Saturday, February 13th 2010, 2:38pm

Quoted from "Peppermint Patty"

i had minimal breast milk with ds and with dd i have a smigin less than minimal and i have been boiling water with fennel, ajwain and cardomum - drinking it when cooled.... link below may help

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http://www.babycenter.in/baby/youafterth…onal-beverages/

is the drink helping peppermint patty? i am willing to give it a go as i have all the ingredients at home.

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