How to gain breast milk supply?!

In the exact same position as you! Had my baby via emergency c section 2.5 weeks early and was very unwell post so was unable to feed her. Now she is 6 weeks and since being out of hospital I latch her on maybe once a day or two when her formula isn’t ready just yet to settle her. She does sometimes drink and stay latched for Upto 20 minutes however drinks a full bottle straight after so I’m thinking she can’t be drinking much breast milk ? I have a hand free momcozy pump also and when expressing both sides for 20 minutes I only get 1/1.5ml 😭 I would absolutely love to exclusively bf her but I can’t be expressing 1 - 2ml at a time only

I’m in a similar position! I was never able to collect any colostrum - baby boy latched on after birth but we’ve been having difficulty since! I’ve been formula feeding him mostly with occasional breast milk but also express daily to keep my milk supply up but I collect so little that it almost seems pointless! I also would love to exclusively breastfeed/give breast milk but struggling! X

I would suggest just keep pumping. Even the stimulation action alone even though not getting any milk out. Will signal the body to produce more. I’ve tried many pumps including mom cosy, tommytippee. I highly suggest the medela solo (not hands free). This is the one they use in the hospitals and it is very good at getting most of the milk out. When I swapped from momcosy to medela I got double the supply out!

Try hottea mama - milks up tea on amazon - helped me increase my supply

I’m in the same boat, I had an emergency section and pph got baby latched but it wasn’t a great latch and I didn’t realise till a week in it wasn’t right I’ve since been seeing a lactation specialist and breast feeding support workers who gave me the advice of feed every three hours, pump an hour and a half after the feed it doesn’t matter about output just the stimulation is enough and if baby wants to feed inbetween the three hours latch her on it all stimulates supply. I’ve doubled my supply doing this xx

My midwife suggested to do 'power pumping' to boost milk supply if you're pumping, it's to mimic cluster feeding. Look it up, but you basically pump for short spurts (10 min on, 10 min off, 3 or so times). But totally understand that might be tricky with a toddler!

@Haych @Hayley @Claire it’s so disheartening when you pump & then look to see you’ve collected the tiniest amount, like it honestly makes me sad but I really do hope that all you lovely ladies somehow manage to boost your supply so much & have an amazing flow x it’s reassuring to know I’m not alone & it is normal, thank you for responding to me

@Ness @Anca @Amy 🍉 @Clairethank you ladies so much for your suggestions! I have one momcozy electric pump & also have one medela manual pump so what I will try to do is pump with the electric pump first to get a rhythm going & to get out that tiny bit & then use the medela hand pump to sort of push out anything else. Will definitely be trying the tea! Thank you

The only thing that would 100% work is pumping more, 8-12X a day and at least one in the night. You can also try supplements but they don’t always work, or try getting donperidone prescribed, but with all of these you’d have to pump more still. Have you tried seeing a lactation consultant?

@Amy-May I’ve not seen a consultant or specialist yet as I’ve just been so busy with the baby plus my toddler, it’s honestly been hard navigating as a mother of 2 but I really do need to get in touch with the breastfeeding team in my area x

I’m in a similar position and it’s really hard! Once you start with formula it seems very difficult to go back to breast. I’ve had support from my local lactation consultants and health visitor but the advice is similar to what’s already been said - pump and bring baby to the breast as many times as possible to stimulate supply (works in theory but in practice I’m finding it very hard to find time to pump 8 times a day, particularly when LO won’t be put down!) Have also been recommended Fenugreek as a supplement which could help boost supply! Hope you find something that works x