Hi. I just had to post this piece of advice I received re. increasing my milk supply as it was an absolute god-send for me.
I had no problem with milk supply but then after a bout of mastitis my supply of milk was not the same. I needed to supplement DD1's feeds with one bottle of formula each day. Medical advice to just breastfeed more to increase supply didn't work as my poor DD1 was going hungry. I felt I was trapped in a vicious circle. But then a friend of mine who is a vet gave me some wonderful advice (apparently it's how they treat bitches with large litters of puppies....!!)
She asked "were you eating a lot before the mastitis? Were you always hungry?"
I said "absolutely! I was eating 4 meals a day" [DD1 was around 2 months at time of mastitis]
She asked "what's your appetite like now? The same? Or less?"
I replied "less - it's back to normal"
She told me to eat a high calcium high protein diet as my body needed that energy to produce enough milk. I tried it and it was amazing. My full milk supply came back really quickly. I've told the story to all my midwife and doctor friends since - just in case they pass on the same advice to one of their patients. I had been beginning to resign myself to never getting my full milk supply back so I can't recommend too highly trying this out! It can't do any harm - just remember that you still need all your veggies and fruit, carbs etc too!!!
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AliAmble · 24/01/2013 23:30
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