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Suggestions to Increase Breastmilk Supply
I'm struggling like crazy over here to produce breast milk and have resorted to pumping what I can (about 2 oz. a day) and giving her formula the rest of the time. She seems to be doing well on the formula and appears to be a happy and healthy baby, do I need to worry about breast milk or cut my losses and give her formula? Also, calmoseptine has worked wonders for her diaper rash!
Re: Suggestions to Increase Breastmilk Supply
Just tossing out random ideas...
Maybe have her nurse even if she's not getting much? Babies are more effective than pumps and it might help your body realize you need to make more.
Are you eating and drinking enough?
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Are you nursing at all?
How old is she?
Some things that help are eating oatmeal, drinking dark beer, fenugreek-take enough that you smell line maple syrup, make sure you are eating lots atleast 2000-2500 calories, lots of water and s
I was in almost the same situation as you early on. If you really want to breastfeed (and it doesn't have to be all or nothing) there are a few things you can do:
Eat steel cut oats.
Try dark beer.
Drink, drink, drink water. Then dri
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My milk was slow to come in (and M didn't know how to suck as he was early, so we had a lot of breastfeeding challenges in the early days) and we had to supplement with formula for the first few weeks but I kept putting M to the breast and doing lots o
can she nurse at all? Babies are more efficient than pumping and stimulate your body to produce more, as does skin-to-skin. I'd try a lot of both.
Also, fenugreek capsules and oatmeal.
Personally, I think 2 oz a day is better th
I EP and supplement with formula because even after a week of constant LC help my son wouldn't stay latched long enough to eat and it was too stressful for both of us. You've gotten some great suggestions so far about increasing supply. What I do inclu
Congrats to both my TTC buddies, Amberley18 and sb2006 on their beautiful babies!
The other ladies gave great advice. I also want to really stress to try to get your baby to breast as much as possible to help stimulate your supply. Also, really do try to get to some sort of support group. Just talking to other moms about the differe