Does anyone have a home remedy to increase breast milk supply for breast feeding my baby?

Question

I've tried Fenugreek and Mother's Milk Tea.

Answer 1

I exclusively pump. My daughter had problems latching on and got used to the bottle and now refuses the breast. I have never supplemented my baby with formula. She only gets breastmilk. At first I pumped every 2 hours...every 4 at night. I drank the Mother's Milk Tea. It says to drink about 5 cups a day. I made a cup of tea right before I was going to pump and drank it while I pumped. I also took fenugreek. I started at 3 pills 3 X's a day for the first week then cut it back to 2 pills 3 X's a day and then 1 pill 3 X's a day until the bottle was gone. Make sure you latch your baby on and breastfeed as often as possible...You don't want to get your baby hooked on the bottle like I did. LOL!! If none of this helps increase it, talk to your Dr. There are prescriptions they can give you that can help. Good Luck and don't get discouraged.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The only thing that will increase your milk supply is to nurse more often. If you are not nursing at least 10-12 times in 24 hours, you will probably not see an increase. Let baby nurse as long as she/he wants on the first breast and encourage her/him to continue even *longer*. Then offer the second breast and do the same. You can even repeat it (once more) so that baby gets left, right, left, right (or right, left, right, left) at every feeding.

If you *are* nursing that often, try increasing it a little more--to once every hour and a half during the day and once every 3 hours at night. This is timed from the beginning of one feeding to the beginning of the next. And *always* wake baby for a feeding until nursing is going well.

If that *still* doesn't help, try fenugreek again. Were you taking enough? The *only* way to know that is if your sweat and urine smelled like maple syrup. Otherwise, you need to increase the dosage. 2-4 capsules, 3 times a day is usually an effective dose, but some women need only 2 and others need 4. Again...fenugreek will *only* work if you are also nursing very frequently.

Were you using the MMT at the same time as the fenugreek? Don't. MMT has as an ingredient fennel. Fennel has an obnoxious little problem...it *will* increase the milk supply for some women. It dries up the milk supply for others. Stay *far* away!! While you're at it, avoid mint and sage, which can also dry up your milk.

If you are giving artificial nipples (bottles or pacifiers), stop. It will interfere with the baby nursing properly. If you need to supplement, syringe feeding is better. To syringe feed a baby, buy any syringe (no needle!!). The size doesn't matter, but the larger it is, the less often you will have to refill. Fill the syringe with supplement. Hold the syringe near the corner of baby's mouth and drip the supplement into the mouth to encourage baby to nurse longer.

However, before you try any of the above, *why* do you think you don't have enough milk? The fact is that many women think they don't have enough milk and have plenty; actually, someone who believes she isn't producing enough is more likely to have *too much* than too little.

Some things that do *not* usually mean you have too little milk include:

No longer feeling full
No more leaking
Inability to pump as much as before (or even can't pump *any*)
Baby fussy at breast
Low weight gain

The first 3 above are usually indications that nursing is going well. When your baby is first born, you produce too much milk (your breasts don't know that you didn't have triplets!!). After a period of time, your body adjusts to the needs of your baby. That's when you get the above.

The other 2 are more likely to be signs of too much milk than too little. If baby sputters while nursing and/or has green bowel movements, this would be definite. In this case, nurse on only *one* breast per feeding--or even several feedings on the same breast before switching to the other one.

If you have any breastfeeding questions, contact La Leche League (see sources below); they are the world's expert on it. And their help is *free* (although they always appreciate a donation if you can manage it).

Answer 4

Lots an LOTS of purified water - incredible amounts of water - in small amounts all throughout the day. Fenugreek really helped me but you have to take the right amount which is alot. You also need to get the Fenugreek from a reputable vitamin company. Some of them don't do adequate testing on the ingredients to where they really know how much is in a pill. I was taking 2 pills 3x per day of the Nature's Way brand. Visit your local healthfood store and talk to them about a reputable brand and how much they recommend to take. Most of the time a regular drugstore or supermarket doesn't care what brand they put on the shelves and they probably don't date check the label - make sure if you get a bottle of fenugreek that it's not expired - you could have lost potency and that could explain if it didn't work. The biggest thing that increases milk supply is getting your baby to do the work for you! The more he/she goes after his/her food - the more you'll produce, but if that isn't working a pump can help. What helpled me the most is the high level kind of pump that is rented out by hospitals. LaLeche League is so supportive, they'll send out a lactation specialist to help you!

Answer 5

Try pumping, the more milk you need to produce, the more your body will make. Make sure and rest and try not to be stressed out, this can actually cause you to dry up completely. Make sure and eat a healthy and balanced diet of at least 2000 calories a day, remember you are still eating for 2! It is also suggested to keep taking your prenatal vitamins.
You might be making enough milk and are just scared, this happens to many women. If baby is gaining weight and has at least 6 wet diapers a day for the first 6 weeks (4-6 after) then baby is fine! Calm down, don't be stressed and enjoy your baby, they grow SO fast!

Answer 6

Lots of fluids. If Mommy is dehydrated, she's going to have a hard time producing any fluid (milk).

Sometimes it takes a few days for the milk to start flowing well so if it is the first week, just keep nursing. If you must, feed formula too so the baby does not go hungry but keep in mind that Mommy's milk is going to slack off if it isn't used.

Answer 7

They say your body will produce the amount of milk your baby needs, but in some instances, like this one, it's not enough. Baby seems to be hungry all the time. I suggest putting the baby on formula, and breast feeding. Doing both won't hurt the baby, and the baby will be fuller.

Answer 8

The best way to increase milk supply is to put baby to breast. Be aware that it can be surprising how much baby wants to nurse sometimes. Especially if baby is going through a growth spurt.

See http://www.lalecheleague.org for more info

Answer 9

Breast milk is a supply and demand cycle. Based on that principle, if you have a breast pump, I would advise you to pump inbetween feeds. The more you pump, the more your supply will be. It will trick your body into thinking that the baby needs more milk, and prompt it to produce more.

Answer 10

serious answer ...

your produce on a supply and demand basis ...
supplement baby with a formula as well as breast milk ...
and PUMP .. the breasts .. at regular times .. say .. every 2 hours ... to simulate breast feeding and get the body into a more productive mode ...

it also comes down to being PURELY relaxed when feeding ..
a tense cow does not let down the milk .. so my mother said ...
and .. that is the entire truth of it ... the milk will flow when mom is relaxed ... warm shower or cloth on the breast ... soothing music ... calming conversation ... and .. pump pump pump ... so the body gets making the product of demand ..

best of luck .. blyss