Increasing Your Breast Milk Production

  If you decide to breastfeed your baby when born, study the art of breastfeeding. Most women can produce enough milk, if you follow the procedure correctly. The milk supply is a dynamic affair. More milk is produced when your baby is breastfed most efficiently and more number of times.

Steps To Follow For Increasing Your Breast Milk Production

Drink ample fluids during the entire day. Ensure that you drink one big glass of water, an hour before feeding. Consume blessed thistle or fenugreek daily. Cut down the consumption of caffeine considerably. A bowl of oatmeal is good for boosting your breast milk production. Drink special tea like Mothers Milk Tea. Avoid alcohol or take it in moderation and try not to smoke.  If you are an addict and cannot abstain from smoking, then do it after breastfeeding. Do not starve yourself as part of dieting. Develop a diet that is healthy and stick to it.

Co-sleep with your baby, so that the baby can nurse also at night and thereby improving your milk supply. Moreover use a breast pump of good quality like the ones produced by Ameda or Medela. If you find that your breast milk is still dwindling, a hospital grade pump must be rented. Nurse at night as frequently as possible. If your baby is more interested in nursing at night, then do so. Spend as much of your time as possible on weekends in bed nursing your baby. If you massage your breast before and during pumping sessions, then you will get a good letdown. Further massage of your breasts and stimulation of nipples will get another letdown. The more you breastfeed and pump milk, it will increase your milk supply. It follows the principle of demand and then supplying. If you are breastfeeding on one side and pumping milk on the other side, then switch sides when your baby gets restless. Repeat the process two to three times.

Pumping first thing in the morning is very effective as milk supply is highest in mornings. During pumping, keep on the massage of your breasts. Get an affordable back up pump. Keep an item of baby’s clothing to get baby’s smell during pumping and watch the baby’s photo and if possible hear your baby’s cooing through headphones during pumping. Steeping your senses in your baby helps in visualizing, for effective pumping. During each pumping, normally you must get three ounces of milk.

As breastfeeding is a perfectly natural and physiological process, it must be trouble free and easy for many mothers. The basic point to note about successful breastfeeding is that the baby must latch on correctly to get more milk. Latching poorly is equivalent to a bottle nipple with a small hole and will give the mother pain. The baby must start breastfeeding one hour after birth. The baby and mother need not be separated and must bunk together. There is no need to limit the frequency and duration, a baby breastfeeds. Do not give artificial nipples or pacifiers to the baby. Moreover, keep drinking water, a bit more even after being satisfied.