Is there anything you can do to stimulate milk production?

Re: Is there anything you can do to stimulate milk production?

The best thing to do is get him to nurse as often as possible and drink a lot of water. The more he nurses the more you will make...supply and demand....a mothers body naturally increases or decreases production based on how often a baby eats. I think there are a few herbal things you can take, but the most effective way is the babies sucking. Good luck!

Re: Is there anything you can do to stimulate milk production?

i hope you can get it going again. they had me pumping constantlyl to get my milk production up.

Re: Is there anything you can do to stimulate milk production?

I have heard a number of women having good success with the cookie recipe I am posting, also, reglan can be used as well (rx from Doctor). Keep your fluid intake up and let S nurse as often as possible. There is also Mother's Milk tea you can purchase.

The cookie recipe:
Housepoet's Famous Lactation Boosting Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip & Flaxseed cookies ™
Ingredients :

* 1 cup butter or marg
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 cup brown sugar
* 4 tablespoons water
* 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal*
* 2 large eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 2 cups flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 3 cups oats, thick cut if you can get them
* 1 cup or more chocolate chips
* 2 tablespoons of brewers yeast* (be generous)

Directions:

Preheat oven at 375 degrees F. Mix together 2 tablespoons of flaxseed meal and water, set aside for 3-5 minutes. Cream (beat well) margarine and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mix well. Stir flaxseed mixture and add with vanilla to the margarine mix. Beat until blended. Sift together dry ingredients, except oats and chips. Add to margarine mixture. Stir in oats then chips. Scoop or drop onto baking sheet, preferably lined with parchment or silpat. The dough is a little crumbly, so it helps to use a scoop.

Bake 8-12 minutes, depending on size of cookies.

Serves: 6 dozen cookies

Preparation time: 15 minutes

*can be found at any local health food store.
*NOTE* IT MUST BE BREWERS YEAST, NO SUBSTITUTIONS.

I made these for a friend who's having supply issues and they were so flippin' good. You can feel yourself lactating as you nibble on them. If you don't like chocolate, who doesn't like chocolate tho, you can substitute for carob chips, raisins, butterscotch chips, whatever.






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Reprinted with permission

Noel Pickett
noel@breastfeedingisnormal.org
http://breastfeedingisnormal.org

Re: Is there anything you can do to stimulate milk production?

I was going to say Reglan which is prescription medicine. However, I took this for some GI issues I was having, and had to stop because it made me so sleepy that I could not keep my eyes open, and this was when I was student teaching! Be aware of the side effects.
With Emily, I had just enough milk for her when I breastfed, and when she was weaned from breastfeeding, I was never even sore, so I know I didn't have much. With Travis, there was never enough. I tried drinking gallons of water, and it didn't up my production. I pumped like a dairy cow, too, to no avail. Some women have lots of luck with these tricks, so try them all, and hopefully one will work for you.

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Dina-- have you talked to an LC or contacted the Le Leche League in your area? There is also the option of looking at kellymom.org (as they have a *ton* of breastfeeding resources.

Re: Is there anything you can do to stimulate milk production?

This may sound strange, but, have a beer! Not the actual beer, but just the foam. That worked for me.

Good luck!!

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2 things that work.
1. fenugreek tea, a herbal remedy that's been around for centuries.
2. get your husband to take any that's left after bubs has given up. Worked for me and it is fun too!

Good luck!

I haven't used it myself but I hear lactaboost is a good supplement for that, my cousin used it when she
gave birth and it helped her with the stress as well

Eat oatmeal every day, add the herb Fenugreek daily and drink nursing mom's tea by Yogi tea. Do Yoga daily and spend several minutes relaxing each day. Good luck