More Milk Please…

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Recently I receive several emails/message from dear friends especially who read this blog, asking about how to increase breast milk.

Well, actually, I am very sorry if I’m not happen to reply your email ASAP. Being a SAHM is really time consuming LOL.

To me, through my experience, there’s no solid answer for increasing breast milk. But one thing for sure, MORE STIMULATION. More stimulation meaning, more feeding, more pumping.

Actually it is so normal and natural, when a mother sees her breast milk drop when she returns to work, as the demand is lessen during daytime. And, after several weeks post-partum, as the breast learns the baby demands, it won’t supply milk more than what the baby needs.

But there’s some misconception about milk supply drops. Such as, baby is nursing too often or too long or fussy, etc. And also, no leaking, no engorgement, etc.

What I did was – increase the pumping session. Usual pumping is 4 times a day. I add another 2, during the journey to and from office.

And tried out galactagogue cum lactogenic food (agent that induce lactation).

FAMOUS LACTOGENIC FOOD & GALACTAGOGUE

  • Fenugreek (also available in capsule form)
  • Dried longan
  • Oatmeal
  • Alfalfa (als0 available in capsule form)
  • Green leavy vegetable
  • White raddish
  • Barley drink
  • Black sesame seed
  • Black bean
  • Spirulina
  • Green papaya
  • Herbal tea (e,g, MilkMaid Tea)
  • Food with B vitamins , C, calcium and magnesium.

There are also special product formulated for nursing mom who faces problem in milk supply by Motherlove.

There are moms who opt for drugs such as Maxolon or Perimperan but I never buy this idea, except for induce lactation when my milk is 100% dry or I am adopting a baby.

Nursing mother also need lots of rest, and free from stress. Some working mom has quite high stress level, and this might effects the milk supply. In some cases, stress actually inhibit the letdown, or making it becomes slower. So, working mom has to manage her work wisely to be free from stress.

Another think to be looked at is diet and water intake. A balanced diet and plenty of water are needed for a breastfeeding mom. If you don’t drink much water, how could you body produces milk, right?

But, sometimes, the baby’s behaviour during nursing don’t represent the right clue of insufficient milk supply. Baby has different characters in nursing and it’s not because of the problem with his mother’s milk.

Like Fahry, he is a very fussy suckler. He refuses to open his mouth to latch-on, and I have to play some trick to make him stay on my areola. He also doesn’t like the ‘heavy flow’, and he swallows everydrop very slowly. He nurses long and often (Lamaaaa dan kerap). Of course he gets enough milk!

But for working mother, the sign of milk supply drop is very clear. Not enough expresssed breast milk (EBM) for the baby’s supply. What I did before, as I said, INCREASE and ADD the pumping session. I used to pump 4-6 times a day. And if possible, try to pump at ‘dinihari’, at 2 or 3 or 4 am. I tried and recommended to some friends, and they said it works!

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13 responses to “More Milk Please…”

  1. zuhaini Avatar

    alhamdulillah… mula2 baca saspen juga, ingatkan susu mami hafiy x cukup…

    Good luck! 🙂

    hihihihi.
    doktor tu je ckp susu tak cukup padehal meleleh2 je kat tilam.

  2. fid Avatar

    yea…setuju

    saya pun sama!

  3. babycomel Avatar
    babycomel

    frequent direct feeding & pumping tule rahsia tuk sukses dlm BFing…hehe

    yezzaa!

  4. mommydania Avatar

    hye. hows ur boys? fahry ok? i slalu baca fahry’s progress but i didn’t know its u yg singgah blog i. anyway, salam kenal. i’ll link urs to mine.

    saksikan cerita fahry dalam entry terbaru huhu.

  5. ellisa Avatar
    ellisa

    sis,
    nak tanyer?kalo breast tak bengkak boleh ke pump?tapi sakit la kan…saya baru ade 1st bb..n tried to bf my daughter…kalo kerja biasa dapat sekali je pump tuh pun biler betul2 dah penuh…risau gak..takut tak dapat nk bg sampai dia setahun dua..mcm maner tuuu?

    actually shud not pump masa breast penuh je. kalau boleh lah. kalo boleh, pam ikut schedule, say 3 kali sehari ke, 4 kali sehari ke.. kita je rasa breast tak bengkak tapi susu tu ada sebenarnya 🙂 kalo pam 1st time susu tak kuar, pam je, nanti breast tu akan hantar signal ke otak suruh hasilkan susu. esok2 lusa2, kuarla dia 🙂

    tapi ramai juga my frens yg pam sekali sehari, macam dr Hanim kita 😀

    good luck dear!

  6. NeroEcha Avatar

    Betul sgt tips2 tu ..yang penting never give up…flow susu ni mmg akan ade turun naik nyer

    ya tepat sekali!!!!
    NEVER give up!

  7. Hanim Avatar

    eh ingatkan i dah comment…
    i take on dail basis… oats/enoguh fluids/veg.

    on off minum teh akar herbanika nona roguy.. works for me (plus dlm tuh ada fenugreek)

    ellisa.. i only pump once at work… so far alhamdulillah still full BF (15mths dah)

    ah i pun everyday minum oat. hehe.
    tak try lagi NR, ramai jugak yg rekemen.

  8. kakyong Avatar

    salam

    kakyong selalu makan tempe & tauhu.. it’s really works on me, tp tak boleh makan hari2… selang 2,3 hari.. sebab nanti breast akan betul2 bengkak macm kena bengkak susu.. sakit.. nak perah pun sakit, masa Aliya hisap pun sakit.. satu lagi minum air masak sebelum & selepas menyusu..

  9. QueeNin Murni Avatar
    QueeNin Murni

    oh..pumping di ‘dinihari’ tu yang payah sgt nak buat tu.. heheh!

  10. mamafiza Avatar

    Dear Miss Akachan,

    Gambatte, gambatte ne!

    I do believe you can make it >_<

    Don’t look back my lady, my prayer will always be yours. Amin~

  11. shinta musraika Avatar

    recently bila dapat maintain dpt 12-13oz(3 time 7.45am, 1pm & 6pm) dan cukup2 untuk my shinta minum esok hari.. sy slalu lalai tak pam lagi mlm or dinihari. memula dulu rajin hehehe.. sekarang asyik nak ikutkan mata & bantal jer..

    wake up lah!!! ada 18 month to go ni..

  12. shila Avatar

    yeah i remember dokter pesan: pump waktu ‘dinihari’ itu. time tu susu paling berquality and banyak. sebab dia kata, body kita lebih relax compared to siang.

    betul lah nampak nya apa dia cakap itu. =)

  13. Jun Avatar
    Jun

    salam…saya selalu nak try bgn dinihari untuk pam..tp x terbangun..aleh2 bg baby direct feeding…tp slalu risau takot baby x puas (sbb production susu sgt kurang, pump mesti dpt 1 oz je, klu dpt lebih pon dlm 1.5 oz)..mlm ni nk make sure bgn dinihari utk pump..chaiyok! chaiyok! hope it is really work… 🙂
    never give up for BF!!!

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