The nursing phase is one when a mother requires a lot of attention with regards to her food and health. Whatever you eat during this period is crucial to your post-delivery recovery. It will also directly affect the amount of milk that is produced.
One of the best ways to increase milk supply is to keep on nursing your little one. Making milk from your baby is better than any other method to make milk in your body. The stimulations of the nerves during breastfeeding helps produce more milk in the breasts.
The emptying of the milk signals your body to increase the milk production. If you feel your milk supply stills needs an improvement, then you should consider adding foods that promote milk production. Milk stimulating foods are called galactagogues.
When we aren’t producing enough breast milk, our first inclination is to panic, but that’s the last thing we want to do. Stress can deplete milk supply more than anything else. Breathe deep and remember that everything will be OK. Focus on what we can do to help increase our supply, which many women have been able to do successfully without resorting to drugs or formula.
Here are 10 tips that will help you increase milk supply naturally:
Tip 1: Nurse, nurse, nurse…
Tip 2: Nurse skin-to-skin
Tip 3: Put no time limit to nursing sessions
Tip 4: Don’t use pacifiers, bottles or food
Tip 5: Get enough sleep and stay relaxed
Tip 6: Watch your diet
Tip 7: Pump in-between nursings
Tip 8: Take some helpful supplements
Tip 9: Make sure latch is right
Tip 10: Switch breasts or double feed
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