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Skip to navigation Skip to main content Site map Accessibility Contact us. Search this site Search all sites Search. Go to whole of WA Government Search. This occurs in less than five per cent of mothers. How to increase your milk supply The key to increasing your milk supply is frequent stimulation and emptying of the breasts. Hold your baby skin-to-skin at the breast baby dressed in a nappy only, so that there is direct skin contact between you and your baby.
This will help to keep your baby awake and also to increase the release of hormones involved in breast milk production. Breastfeed frequently, two to three hourly — a total of at least eight feeds in 24 hours. Your baby may need to be woken for some feeds, or may wake to feed even more often. Make sure that attachment is good and that your baby is both sucking and swallowing you may need to seek help with this.
Switch feed; offer each breast twice. When you notice your baby is becoming tired or not swallowing very frequently anymore, take your baby off that breast and 'switch' to the next side. Repeat on both breasts. This will ensure your baby is draining the breast more efficiently. Express after breastfeeds to provide further stimulation to your breasts and to ensure that your breasts are well drained.
This will help increase your milk supply. If your baby is sleepy at the breast and not feeding well you may need to cut short the feed and use the time to express each breast twice, for example, five minutes left side, five minutes right side and then repeat. The expressed breast milk should then be fed to your baby. When breastfeeding or expressing, compress or massage your breasts to assist with milk flow and drainage. For starters, breastfeeding is the only way to give your baby the unique rich blend of nutrients and immune-boosting elements that provide life-enhancing benefits.
Even the process of breastfeeding is fascinating For example, did you know that your breasts have the ability to respond to how much milk your baby needs? One of the most common is feeling like your breasts are not producing enough milk. While there are a few things that can legitimately affect your milk production, such as stress or medical condition, more often than not, mothers are worrying about nothing.
This is part of the natural adjustment that your body makes from the first days of breastfeeding. If you are still concerned about whether you are producing enough breastmilk, here are a few additional steps that you can take.
Before you start worrying about not having enough breast milk, based solely on how your breasts feel, take a moment to read about the cycle of supply and demand that affects breastmilk production. But, if one breast has been consistently smaller from the beginning and did not get any larger throughout your pregnancy or the early postpartum period, talk to your doctor. Although it is not a common problem, a small percentage of women have hypoplastic breasts which could affect just one side.
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