How to boost milk supply when milk supply is decreasing

After ten months of pregnancy and giving birth to their own baby, breastfeeding is the first thing mothers have to do. However, many mothers are good at inducing lactation at the beginning, but after raising the baby for a period of time, they will find that the breast milk is getting lower and lower, but inexperienced mothers will become anxious. So how do you increase the amount of breast milk if your breast milk supply is decreasing?

How to boost breast milk supply when breast milk supply is decreasing

Method 1: Drink more water, more porridge, and more fruit juice.

Especially when entering autumn, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches become turbulent. As a pregnant woman, we are more susceptible to dry mouth and thirst. You can't wait until your throat is smoking before drinking more water, right? We still need to replenish the water in the body in time, not only so that our babies have milk to eat, but also so that the collagen in our faces does not leak out.

Method 2: Massage

I have nothing to do anyway, so I massage my breasts no matter if it is for my husband or myself. Before massaging, apply a warm towel first, and then start to massage gently along the position of the breast, from the armpit to the nipple, massaging and squeezing. Generally, after two or three days of persistence, the baby will have more specialties.

Method 3: Diet therapy

When choosing ingredients, you can choose some foods that have the effect of promoting lactation. For example: peanut, soybean and pig's trotter soup, walnut and bone soup, crucian carp and tofu soup, ophiopogon, cordyceps and pigeon soup.

Method 4: Sucking

This method is the most effective. Give your baby more opportunities to drink milk, even if there is little breast milk. The effectiveness of the little one exceeds that of a manual breast pump. Make good use of the natural laws of human beings. Please note that a baby crying does not mean he will not get breast milk!

How do mothers increase their milk supply?

Step 1: Use the four fingers other than the thumb to push in circles along the outer edge of the breast. You can use the fingers of both hands together, from the outside to the inside, gradually moving to the nipple area. If there is already a lump and there is pain, this is the pain caused by the milk swelling rolling over the abducens mammary nerve. Don't avoid it, be sure to rub it, and don't use too much force.

Step 2: Still use four fingers to comb from the root of the breast to the nipple in a chain-like manner. Every area of ​​the breast must be combed, and the milk knot area especially needs to be combed repeatedly. The key to this technique is to make sure the direction is correct. Do not comb horizontally or crookedly, and do not press down lightly. Reminder: Never use a comb or other hard comb to replace your fingers, as it can easily damage the breasts. Our soft hands are the best tools.

Step 3: Squeeze your entire breast tightly, just like when breastfeeding, and then gently shake it back and forth. Don't underestimate this process, because no matter we use a manual breast pump or a baby to pump, all we pump out is the breast milk from the nipple and near the nipple area, and the breast milk at the edge of the breast usually cannot be eaten, so milk knots are easy to accumulate on the edge of the breast. The first two steps are to push the milk on the edge of the breast to the nipple, and the third step is to let the milk flow in all the mammary glands as soon as possible.

How to increase breast milk supply when breast milk supply is decreasing? The above content has already shown that during the breastfeeding period, the baby will eat what the mother eats. Therefore, if the breast milk supply becomes low at this time, you must use diet therapy or massage to stimulate milk production, and never use therapeutic drugs. In addition, mothers also need to pay attention to their own living habits.