Optimal latch and sucking = optimal milk removal = optimal milk production. It also matters how frequently baby feeds, but it matters more that the milk is completely removed from its stores, which tells mom’s body to make more. Less milk = less of baby wanting to feed at the breast. Babies like bonding too, but hunger is first. The number one saboteur, especially for first-time moms, is low milk supply…
Read MoreInstead of a treatment option, we are left with a list of 30 supplements, like brewer’s yeast and fenugreek, which still don’t directly increase prolactin levels, and power pumping. I hate this answer because I don’t want to take the cynical view, but it’s simple…
Read MoreIf you gave it your best, but - You still wonder if you tried everything, Or you think you could have toughed it out longer…If you tense at the question, “Are you breastfeeding?” and the assumption that you’re able, If someone shames you because they think you gave up too soon, Or a person looks at you funny when you say, “couldn’t breastfeed”…
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