What would create more breast milk?

Answer 1

The more the child nurses, the more milk you will produce. Use a breast pump after nursing if you want to produce more milk.
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Answer 2

There's the obvious supply and demand method that comes into play with your milk supply. The more you nurse and/or pump, the more milk your body will produce. If you're still not making enough, fenugreek is a natural way to boost your breast milk. I have friends who swear by it when they started to decrease in production. Mother's Milk Plus has fenugreek in it.

Also, keep up your water intake. The more hydrated you are, the easier your body can produce the milk. Try to stay away from any decongestants (antihistamines) because they'll dry you out. So will caffeine, so try to keep coffee drinking, soda drinking, chocolate eating to a minimum.

Good luck!

Answer 3

The whole law of supply and demand is great and all but it isn't never fail! I have had four children and breastfed all of them. The second one was a pain in the butt. Seriously, if I had known how terrible it was going to be the entire time I would of reached for a bottle on day 3! I dranks tons, pumped, drank the teas, had the fenugreek and nothing worked because he just wasn't a great suckler! I ended up with blocked ducts every two or three days atleast. He was a colicky baby and just never enjoyed eating! If your baby isn't content and you're no longer enjoying the experience I would encourage you to break out the bottles! I just don't understand why people get so worked up about this. Breastfeeding is great and all but the first 7 months of my son's life were a pure living hell for both of us because of everybody's insistance that "breast is best".

Can you believe he is 7 years old and is still a difficult child! I wish I had switched to the bottle earlier with him!

Way back in days of old (1928) my grandmother had a kid like this and she had to bottle feed her! Only babies in orphanages got bottles back then. It was her first and it was quite a disappointment. She breastfed her next two babies with no problems so don't give up hope.

Answer 4

Nursing or pumping more frequently than you are currently doing will help to increase your milk supply. Also, make sure you are drinking enough fluids so that you're not dehydrated.

There's also a product called "Organic Mother's Milk Tea" that you can buy at Whole Foods Market or online at drugstore.com. It's supposed to help to improve your milk supply, and is often recommended by lactation consultants - there's no hard proof that it really works, but it can't hurt.

Answer 5

Drink plenty of fluids and nurse more frequently to increase production. Normal breast feeding is done in 3 hour intervals, try every two at least until production is up, then you can ween it back off to 3-4 hours and production should still stay up.

Answer 6

A baby that nurses more frequently. Breast milk is produced by a 'supply and demand' situation. The more you need, the more you produce ... the less you need, the less you produce!

Answer 7

Supply and demand is the rule with breast milk. Feed your child more, or pump to produce more!

Answer 8

Minimize stress, drink lots of water, and nurse more frequently and regularly. I'm not an expert, but I've learned from experience. Stressing about nursing only makes the situation worse, so try not to worry it. Just go with the flow! (literally!)

Answer 9

Hormones

Answer 10

Carrots and tuna, help increase your supply. The majority of it is supply and demand, but these help too. That is what W.I.C. puts mothers on if they are breast feeding instead of formula, it also has tons of nutrients.