HELP to increase milk flow please 🙏🙏
Hi, so my LG is nearly 9 months old been EBF since birth since starting weaning and me being ill for a week my milks been decreased up until 6/7 months I had oversupply and leaked a lot. I’m eating and drinking please I’m breastfeeding and pumping but getting very little from pumping on top of breastfeeding I usually use my extra to do things like cereals, porridges etc. but struggling to get enough for this now any tips to build it back up or is it time to get the baby milk for these bits? Thanks. (Overly emotional not quite ready for the breastfeeding journey to end)
What you pump is not an indication of supply. Pumping also takes work, you have to look at it like climbing a mountain. Supply is increased best through direct feeding. Depending on how much you have used your pump, look at replacing the parts and don’t switch to food first. Always keep offering milk before solids. You can tell if you have enough supply by the amount of nappies your babe is making in 24 hours. 6-8 is optimal and a “wet” nappy is only considered to be 60ml of fluid, you can test this in a clean nappy with same amount of water.