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How to Increase Low Milk Supply for Breastfeeding Moms

How to Increase Low Milk Supply for Breastfeeding Moms

It can be frustrating to deal with low milk supply when all you want is to feed your baby. Most moms begin producing milk at birth; the goal is to have the baby begin feeding as soon as possible because demand tends to increase supply. However, some moms don’t produce enough breast milk to fully nourish and satisfy their rapidly growing baby. If you have low milk production, there are some things you can do to increase your milk supply such as using essential oils.

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Drink

While you want to avoid alcohol and caffeine, you should be drinking more fluids than ever before. The better you are hydrated, the better your body will work to produce breast milk. Drinking water, milk, juice, and herbal teas are ideal for hydrating your body in a healthy manner.

Eat

You may find that you are stressing and worrying which can decrease your appetite. It is important that you have a well-balanced diet, and include foods such as garlic, asparagus, and apricots which stimulate the hormones for lactation. Get plenty of fruits and proteins that will help keep you and baby healthy.

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How to Increase Low Milk Supply for Breastfeeding Moms

Empty Your Breasts

Nurse your baby frequently and allow the baby to nurse as long as they are actively nursing. This will help you empty your breasts more frequently and therefore increase the demand on your body to produce more milk. If you have a sleepy nursing baby use a pump when the baby is finished nursing to make sure you are removing more milk to increase the supply.

Not producing enough breast milk may feel like a clue that you shouldn’t breastfeed, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth, it’s just another challenge to work through in order to do what is the best for your baby. Your body is made for this, and if you are producing some milk, you can produce more!

Lyne Proulx
Lyne Proulxhttps://ottawamommyclub.ca/
Lyne Proulx is a Certified Professional Wedding Consultant and experienced Event Planner with a strong background in community engagement and large-scale event coordination. For eight years, she led the Annual Infant Information Day/Early Years Expo for the City of Ottawa. From 2013 to 2016, she was the driving force behind the BConnected Conference, Canada’s premier digital influencer and social media conference, held in Ottawa and Toronto. Lyne also served as co-chair of the Navan for Kraft Hockeyville committee from 2009 to 2011, organizing five major community events in just six months. Her leadership helped Navan become one of the top 10 finalists in the national competition. In recognition of her exceptional volunteerism and dedication to community building, she was honored with the City of Ottawa Mayor's City Builder Award in April 2011. In 2025, Lyne brought her passion for weddings and event planning to a new level by organizing the inaugural Tucker House Bridal Fair, showcasing local vendors and creating a unique experience for engaged couples.

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  1. I do wish that I’d known all this when I had my first, it was learn as I went with me. Back then 1977 formula feeding was most popular. For breast feeding I was told to only feed every 4 hours, weighing my son before and after each feed. If he’d drunk 10 gm less than on a chart then I was to mix up formula for the 10 gm!! Needless to say my first I only fed for 9 weeks. For the next I fed on demand which worked much better. The longest I fed one of my 7 was a year, I then had to give up sharpest as I had a cyst in my breast and my gynecologist said otherwise things would go from bad to worse and I’d need an OP. Thankfully it only took a week and I was saved the OP, close shave though.

  2. There are some women who simply cannot breastfeed; the guilt is horrible so I am a huge proponent of a fed baby (no matter whether its formula or breast milk) is a happy baby. But there are definitely ways to increase milk flow as stated above…

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