I am a frontliner and a breastfeeding mom. But since the ECQ in my town and in my province started, i wasnt able to come home and opted to stay at a place near my workplace so as to not possibly bring the virus to my family. At the first 2 days of not latching on, i had a terrible breast engorgement. So terrible that even manual expression doesn't help (it was a sudden lockdown that i left my breastpump at home). And it is the 5th day, and i feel (and presume) that my breastmilk has decreased in quantity... ? i am worried that after the ECQ, I will not be able to produce milk for my LO. my questions are:
1) will i be able to produce breastmilk again if i latched LO, let say after 1 -2 months?
2) do you have any suggestions to enhance/maintain my milk production while im not currently breastfeeding?
I really want my LO to be breastfed until the time she dont want me to, anymore. Thank you in advance, mga mamsh!
Wilma Divine Gil Dimailig