Breast feeding

Hi First time mum and trying so hard to express as much as possible, our little man is currently still in NICU due to C section at 33 weeks, initially my volume of milk was good, however the last 2 days there has been a reduction. Little man working hard with latching and suckling. Looking for any advice or guidance anyone could give, starting to lose all hope.

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I did the same when my LO was in NICU. If you are at home (or still in hospital too) make sure you are pumping during the night & when visiting do it next to them in incubator x

Warm shower/bath before hand - I have a little bean bag that I heat up. Gentle massage, having something of your baby’s with you. You can get lactation tea that some people swear by. Not sure if your hand expressing or using a pump but invest in a good pump? No more advice apart from it’s obviously supply and demand so the more you pump/express the more your boobs will produce to meet the needs xx Keep going xx

How often are you pumping/ nursing?

@Lisa at least 8 -10 times a day. Baby still in hospital at the moment so I express before going when I'm there, when I come home and have recently started to wake between 2am-5am for the golden hours thank you for the hints tips and advice ladies ❤️💙

Pump as often as you can my son was in nicu and was up every 3 hours even through the night pumping X

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