Wanting to relactate

That sucks that your family is not supportive. Can you find out why they're not supportive, to see if you can get them on board?

Kellymom has info on relactating. I think it's focusing on teaching the baby to nurse rather than pumping, but there is some info on there about things you can do to increase supply.
Anyways here it is.
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/relactation.html

I'm sorry to hear that your family is so unsupportive. That's a hurdle right out of the gate, but you sound committed. I would second Kellymom.com, and I'd also suggest checking La Leche League International to see if there is a leader/lactation consultant in your area who might be able to help you. I'm assuming that Nova never nursed? I think that might make it a little harder to relactate, but if you're used to pumping I'm sure you can do it!

How will you store the milk? If your family is not supportive, will they let you use the fridge/freezer, or are you planning on giving him the milk directly after pumping?

For boosting your milk production, you can take several herbs, such as Fenugreek, Alfalfa, Blessed Thistle, Red Raspberry Leaf, Oats (not a herb...meh). You can also go the prescription route, and if you find a supportive doctor, can get a script for something like Domperidone. I would think if your babe is close to a year that it is unlikely you will find a doctor who will help you. I would recommend pumping often, as frequently as every 2 hours if you can (but with toddlers that can be next to impossible!). Make sure you are taking in enough calories (1800 at the VERY least during lactation). Increase intake of vitamins, especially the B group (leafy greens are best for this, but B12 is present in precious few vegetable sources [only quinoa comes to mind] so if you're vegetarian you may need to supplement with a vitamin. I'd also recommend supplementing Omega 3 fatty acids (fish oil or flaxseed oil) and Vitamin D.

Hope that helps!

My family is very much pro formula feeding. At this point storage isnt an issue because he'll eat it right away. They were very happy to see me quit pumping and it makes it tough since Im living here.. I cant pump more than a few times a day and Im stuck with my hand pump since the electric is too obvious (and my dad HATES that thing.. he finds it repulsive).

I have about 2 months worth of reglan left, and i know you can order domperidone w/o a prescription online.. and fenugreek is easy to find. Ive taken all before for milk supply issues.

I tried to put him to breast but he bit my nipple and drew blood.. ouch.

I think Ive abandoned my plans to rel;actate due to my current medication regimen but have thankfully found milkshare and have received some donated frozen breastmilk for Nova. I think we've secured 2 ongoing donors so he'll still get some formula but Im happy to be ble to supplement with some mamas milk, even if it isnt my own He happilly accepts the donated milk and i believe the immune benefits will be extremely beneficial considering his fragile health

I'm sorry that the relactation plans fell through, but that's awesome that he'll still get breastmilk.

Yay! Donated milk is awesome!

cool!

That's so great!

He's doing GREAT on donor milk. We still have to give him some formula but last month it was only about 5 cans (compared to 14 for fulltime formula feeding) so thats a lot less. His little digestive tract handles the breastmilk SOOOOO much better too.. hes not constipated and his tummy not nearly as irritated! And he LOVES it.. in fact he's kind of a bottle snob, lol. Give him breastmilk and he drains it with formula he fights it.. he knows the good stuff So far we've gotten about 500 ozs and he's probably went through close to 300 oz.. we're hoping to pick up some more in the Chicago areas next weekend (works out well becasue our in laws live in the suburbs and surprisingly were cool with the idea of letting us store the donor milk in their freezer for the night since we'll stay there overnight. My father in law was the last person Id expect to be supportive. My parents are a bit better now with the idea.. we store the excess in their deep freezer and while they still cant quite comprehend my aversion to full formula feeding they're willing to let me store it so thats good.

ETA: Im still trying to pump a couple times a day and syringe feed him the several ml's of milk I am able to get.. even a tiny bit of fresh milk I think is worth the effort.

Good for you, that's great that your family is at least OK with it.

i think thats an awesome start. Maybe they will get more accepting as time goes by and also when they see how much your kiddo is benefiting from it.

You should be so proud of yourself! I did not even know you could donate breastmilk until after my son was a year old... I wanted to donate, but everything I looked up said they took mothers with a baby under 1 and so many ounces yatta yatta, so I just didn't make the cut. If there is a next time around... I would like to donate milk.