Comments on: 5 Ways to Increase Breast Milk Supply

By: Nursing a Cold While Breastfeeding | Health | Babies Online The Blog

Nursing a Cold While Breastfeeding | Health | Babies Online The Blog — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:51:03 +0000

[...] If you’re sick and run down, and possibly stressed out as a result, your milk supply may drop. To maintain your supply, make sure you get plenty of rest, drink water, and take in enough calories. A nursing mom needs about 500 more calories per day to compensate for the extra work the body does to produce milk. Since you’re probably not very active if you’re sick, you may get away with eating a little bit less than usual since you’re not burning as many calories. Still, remember to follow the old adage and “feed a cold.” Drink water, tea, juices – anything you can in order to stay hydrated and keep your milk supply up. [...]

By: More Ways to Increase Your Milk Supply | Breastfeeding | Babies Online The Blog

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:13:46 +0000

[...] moms, what tips did I forget? What worked to increase your milk production? Read More5 Ways to Increase Breast Milk SupplyWhile breastfeeding might be a natural way to feed [...]

By: new mommy

new mommy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:43:54 +0000

I was doing well with the breastfeeding and pumping until I had acid refluxes, during which I could not pump enough milk. Iam taking herbal medication and mothers milk tea along with oatmeal. Since my periods got started, I don’t see any increase in my supply. My baby is 4 months old and am a working mom.Does the herbal medication take time to kick in? Any help would be appreciated

By: Jessdel27

Jessdel27 — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:39:42 +0000

Thanks for the additional information since I didn’t know about oatmeal and fenugreek for increasing milk supply.

Maybe I was lucky, but I resisted giving my son any supplemental feed even though the midwives said I should seeing that he was a big baby. Being Jamaican, breastfeeding is the norm especially among middle and lower income mothers. To increase milk supply we believe that increasing fluid intakes boost milk supply. I do not like water, but found that after significantly increasing my fluid intake my milk supply increased and I was able to breastfeed exclusively for the 1st 6 months.

Dieting while breastfeeding will also slow milk production. This is because nursing uses about 500 calories per day, so if you are dieting you will not have the necessary energy for maximum milk production.

I had a hard time weaning him so he breastfed until a week before his 3rd birthday. I doubt I will breastfeed that long the next time around.

By: Secret Mommy

Secret Mommy — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:17:34 +0000

I needed help increasing my supply and found all of these things worked well. Eating oatmeal and taking Fenugreek surprisingly helped a LOT!

But the one thing I would stress the most is constant nursing/taking away the binky/etc. Many of my friends told me that my baby should not be latched on for an hour at a time and to break him off after 20 or 30 minutes. Well, I discovered that my baby wanted to latch on for a long time and I honestly believe it was because he knew I needed his nursing to increase my supply. When he was first born he needed a supplemental bottle of an ounce or two at every feeding. By 3 months he only needed a bottle or two a day (still only one to three or four ounces) and now he only gets one once in a while if it’s for convenience or something.

Though the oatmeal (oat bran cold cereals work, too) became a habit for me, I’ve quit taking the fenugreek and have no supply issues.