What is the best way to increase milk supply when one side has less milk?

Breast milk is very important for babies, because breast milk contains resistance factors that can replenish the baby's body and enhance the baby's resistance. Therefore, sufficient milk is very important for the baby's growth. However, many mothers will encounter insufficient milk in life. At this time, they need to boost milk supply. Let's take a look at how to boost milk supply if one side has less milk?

Breast pump method (1) After the baby finishes feeding, use a breast pump to pump for about 15 minutes on each side. In this case, the breast pump can often only suck out very little milk, or even nothing. Many mothers wait for their baby to finish feeding and then use the breast pump for two or three minutes, but give up if no milk comes out. In fact, you must not give up at this time. Although the milk has not been sucked out, the breast pump is constantly helping you stimulate your nipples and promote milk secretion. Moms who want to become dairy cows, just be patient for these 15 minutes!

Of course, you can also do it the other way around, use a breast pump to suck out some of the milk first, and then let the baby feed. But many babies are very picky and won’t suck when there is not much milk. Moreover, many mothers think that it is a bit troublesome to heat up the milk that is sucked out first and then feed it to the baby with a bottle. (2) For mothers whose babies are not around, they can only rely on breast pumps to increase breast production. In this case, the recommendation is to pump every 2 hours, 15 minutes on each side, regardless of whether you have milk or not. If you stick to this for a week or so, it will definitely increase your breast milk production. After the production is basically stable, you can slowly lengthen the interval between breastfeeding, to once every 2.5 hours or once every 3 hours. This is up to the mothers to adjust themselves.

(3) Auxiliary measures implemented in conjunction with a breast pump: drink more soup, milk, eat more juicy foods, keep a happy mood, and get enough rest. To increase milk production, what we need to do is to let the breasts receive more sucking from the baby and allow the milk in the breasts to be removed frequently, so that the breasts have positive milk production signals and thus actively produce milk.

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