Breastmilk

Try fenugreek. It's an herb that you can get at any health food or vitamin store. It's worked for me. Good luck.

Hey there..
I am a breastfeeding mother of two..
Do you have"The Baby Book" by Sears and Sears?
Its got the best breastfeeding stuff I ever saw..all rolled in to one!
Depends on how often you are feeding, how you do it etc..
If you are supplementing with anything else, that's the kiss of death! Also pumping can help.
There are also some great products..
I found the Mothers Milk tea at Wholefoods works well.
Also the More Milk Plus (you can get it at the Pump Station and bigger Wholefoods if probably the best..
I'd be happy to answer any questions..
But the Sears book gives you all the answers!
Its about $20 at any big bookstore, also Pump Station has it, and it literally was my bible with my first, and still is..
PS- If yo want to call me, I'd be happy to talk more
My number is ###-###-####
V.
PS- I SOOO support brestfeeding, and it sucks there is sometimes not enough knowledge or info out there..I'd love to help!

Hi. I have a three month old daughter - I tried breast feeding for three weeks, but she wouldn't latch on. But during those three weeks I did a lot of various things to increase my milk supply. One thing was eating raw almonds - I kept a bag by the bed and ate tons of them. There is also a tea for lactating mothers that's supposed to help increase milk supply - it's at vitamin/health food stores and it's called "Mother's Milk" - I was also taking a bunch of supplements. One was called "More Milk Plus" by Motherlove, the other was "Goat's Rue" and there was one more that I can't remember the name. (it'll make you smell like maple syrup)

If you go into a vitamin/health food store, they should know what to suggest. If you haven't gone to The Pump Station, you can try them too. They have a breast feeding class you can go to (free) for support. You can also find a consultant there (not free) who will give you specific help - but I'd say try the class first.

Good Luck and Congratulations!

In all likelyhood you are not losing your milk. Here are a number of things you should be doing. Nursing pretty regularly, and with a newborn that is every 2 hours. Yes, every 2 hours. It is a supply and demand process. Even if you start to nurse less, you milk will start to decrease. Try nursing more. Also, WATER, WATER, WATER. I drank a bottle .9 fl oz every single time I nursed. You need to be drinking that much always. Also, there is a tea you can drink and I swear by it. You can get it in the health food stores and it is called Nursing Mother (I think). The size of your breasts have nothing to do with the amount of milk you produce, too. My biggest suggestion is contacting the La Leche League to have someone help you. Here is their website. http://www.llli.org/ I am still nursing my 22 month old and did it straight without giving him anything else (not even water) for the first six months. This is a great thing to be doing and it takes a lot of perserverance and discipline, but it gets extrememly easy later on and one of the most rewarding highlights of motherhood. Best of luck.

Try to express milk in between feedings. Supply and Demand!

Eat well, drink a lot of water, juice, etc and nurse as often as possible. You can rent a professional breast pump from you local hospital. It might take about a week but will be well worth it, if that is what you really want. If you work outside the home, take a week off for vacation and have a "nursing vacation" where you don't plan anything else but getting your milk supply up.

Hi S.,

Yogi Tea and Traditional Medicinals both make nursing mother tea's that really help milk flow. Also, Mother Love makes a liquid tincture herbal supplement called "More Milk Plus", which tastes really bad, but works really well. If you don't have a health food store near you then I'm sure you can google these products and buy them online. Also, fenugreek is excellent for increasing milk supply. Keep up with it! I nursed my son for one year and my daughter is now 15 months and still nursing. It's fabulous and so rewarding!
~M.
ps. also be sure you're getting enough calories. Breastfeeding burns about 500 calories a day.

Drink ALOT of water and don't cut calories (even though it may be tempting to want to start dieting). There's also a tea at Whole Foods called "Mother's Milk" that is supposed to help.

Pump.... The more you pump or feed your baby, the more milk you will produce. When I thought that I was running out of milk, I just pumped a lot during the day and you will automatically make more milk.

Let me pass on some info that I got from my lactation consultant - First and foremost, eat well, drink plenty of fluids and be well rested. Fatigue and stress can and do impact your milk supply. Second, to increase your supply, pump between the baby's feedings. If you have a breastpump, that's great, but you may want to consider renting the professional-grade pump for a little while, as these are stronger and more efficient (although nothing is as efficient a "pump" as baby!). These are available via your local hospital or lactation consultant. One note though - make sure that you know how to properly use the pump. Cranking the settings up so that it's pumping harder and faster DO NO equate to pumping more milk - only more pain for you. I also suggest getting a nipple cream to lubricate so that you have a more comfortable pump session (besides, most of them double as soothing ointments).

Good luck!

You shouldn't be losing your milk. My son is almost 2 1/2 and still takes swigs. Drink lots and lots of liquids. For some reason if you take warm drinks like tea or hot chocolate, bust your milk production. There is this tea called mothers tea. They have it at whole foods. But the main thing is that if your baby is nursing every 2-3 hours you should be good. Every time you baby nurses, he/she is stimulating the breast to produce more milk. Try going to la leche league meetings or to your nearest wic. They help you with your breastfeeding concerns. Good luck!

I remember the more you feed the baby, the more milk you make (supply and demand). If you are still drying up, I would pump to keep the supply up.

I was a "cow". I nursed not only my babies but in an emergency the baby of a friend, and I'm a normal sized person -- I was a "petite size 8" at that time. I followed the recommendations of Adelle Davis in her book "Let's Have Healthy Children". All during my pregnancy and after I consumed over 80 grams of protein in my diet -- she recommends 80 to 100 grams. It works.

I also used her book "Let's Get Well" for my family and it works as well. You can probalby get the used books from Amazon.com pretty cheaply. Best, K. S.

See a lactattion consultant immediately.

My wife didn't want to at first, but I convinced her to, and we are both that if she hadn't she would not to have continued breast feeding our daughter.

The pump connection in Woodland Hills is really good.