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Ways to improve my breast milk?

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QueenSconetta · 19/09/2013 11:52

DD2 will be 16 weeks on Saturday and is EBF. I had her weighed today and she has only put on 5oz in 3 weeks so her growth chart has dipped for the second time. (Only told this today, as the HV last time said it was a good weight gain but apparently not). She is fed on demand between every 2 and 4 hours usually and still wakes 2-3 times a night for a feed.

I would like to continue to EBF for a few more weeks, is there anything I can eat/take/do to improve the quality of my milk?

Having a down day and feel like I've failed :(

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Sunflower1985 · 21/09/2013 01:44

Thank you. This thread has been very reassuring as I have malabsorption of nutrients so was stressing that my milk would be 'bad' quality.

Back on the pump. Smile

minipie · 21/09/2013 07:26

Ah sorry tiktok thanks for correcting me about the charts.

Starlight if you can get to london and can go private, Dr Malcolm Levinkind will treat upper lip ties with a laser. There are a couple of other people in other places, I'm not sure where but if you do a MN search for Levinkind you might find their names too.

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