Breastfeeding Woes

Hi Mummies, since the start of my breastfeeding journey, i realised that my milk output for my right boob is 50% lesser than my right boob. Currently am pumping 80 ml on left and 40 ml or lesser on right and its not even enough to sustain 1 feed for my LO. any advice on how to increase milk supply? i’ve read tons of thread here, tried lactation cookies, fenugreek, oats, dates milk and even powerpumped for a good 3 weeks but still milk supply is stagnant.. any mums out there faced the same issue and managed to overcome it? my LO is 1.5 months now and his demand of milk is sometimes hard to keep up to. am currently supplementing with FM but hoping that milk supply is able to keep up to his needs. any advice? tyia

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I am sharing these tips which were in the article with you. that might help you.ensure that baby is attaching well and removing milk efficiently from the breast be prepared to feed your baby more frequently — breastfeed on demand every 2-3 hours at least 8 times in 24 hours switch your baby from one breast to the other; offer each breast twice ensure your breasts are emptied well at each feed or pumping session; you can express after breastfeeds to make sure do not go longer than 5 hours without milk removal — your baby at the breast sucking is the most effective way to do this, but otherwise use a hand or electric pump when your baby is feeding, compress your breast to aid milk flow as this will also encourage more effective sucking make sure you are drinking a lot of water, eating a healthy balanced diet and not missing any meals also ensure you are resting as much as possible between feeds

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