Is your milk supply the same with each baby?

Question

With my daughter I had an eneromous amount of milk... will I this time too... With my daughter I could easily hand express and am thinking this time I will too if my milk supply is the same

Answer 1

it all depends on how much this baby eats, with your daughter I'm guessing she was exclusively breastfed that means your milk supply was good, its a matter of how much the baby feeds off of you, the more you breastfeed the better the supply.

Answer 2

Hi there dear. I have to say it....Congratulations on your decision to nurse your baby! You are wonderful! I am so happy when I hear of another mother that is so well informed and so bright that she is breastfeeding her baby. In my line of work I come in contact with mothers that refuse to even attempt of give their babies the awesome benefits of breastmilk and it makes me sad. Then I hear of someone like you and it just warms my heart!
As to your question I can only tell you what I know in my experience. For most women their milk supply will be abundant if it was for a previous baby. The opposite is not true tho, if you did not have sufficient milk at one time it does not mean that you will not have enough for a different baby. Sometimes when you know all the right things to do you can substantially increase your milk supply. As far as your situation, I would say that you definitely have nothing to worry about. I had so much milk for all of my babies that I could easily have fed twins. I used to pump one side while my baby nursed on the other and could easily fill a bottle and satisfy my babies hunger at one feeding. I accumulated plenty of bottles of my milk. The problem was that none of my babies would drink from a bottle! I had all that wonderful milk and no way to use it!
Good luck nursing your sweet baby! It sounds to me like you have got it all figured out! It has been my experience that once a woman makes the decision to breastfeed her baby everything else just automatically falls into place. Most of the problems that new mothers have are caused by not nursing their babies. Breastfeeding seems to fix most everything.
Enjoy these precious days with your new baby. When they are gone they are gone forever and it happens all too soon.
Love and Blessings
Lady Trinity~ **(I need to add that I have just recently been made aware that it is physiologically possible, tho rare, for a woman to not produce any milk what so ever after giving birth. As I said it is a rare anomaly but it does happen. It is not my intention to make these women feel any worse than they already do about not being able to feed their babies.)**

Answer 3

Mine wasn't the same with each baby. I had tons of milk with my first, but with my second my supply diminished after a few months. I attribute it to going back to work. I wasn't able to pump as much as I needed to, so I was only able to breastfeed her for five months. With my third, my supply has been much like my first. So I think it depends on the baby and the circumstances. Good luck with yours.

Answer 4

supply and demand your milk goes by the baby if the baby needs more you will make more if less then u make less so if you feed your baby like your suppose to then you make as much as he/she eats.

Answer 5

Mine was different with mine . It really depends on how much nursing you do the first two weeks that decides how much you will have and how much you continue to nurse now.
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