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Supply advice

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1Pinkfluffyelephant · 04/05/2020 08:03

Hi I am wondering if anyone can offer any advice. With my first I went to breastfeeding/local groups where I could ask advice and my health visitor has currently been redeployed.
I am breastfeeding DS who is almost 7 weeks but sometimes pump and offer via bottle.
After a horrible bout of mastitis, my supply dropped massively but with fenugreek and lots of feeding/pumping I managed to improve it again. However, every morning my right breast is engorged and often leaks but my left does nothing and feels empty. I also struggle to get DS to feed long from the left side to improve supply as he gets annoyed as I think nothing comes out (also he doesn’t settle after feeding that side but does just from the right) and I also can’t pump more than one oz from that side, where as I get 4/5oz off the right.
Do you have any ideas how to increase supply on that side when he won’t entertain feeding properly from it? Thankyou Smile

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Keha · 04/05/2020 15:25

I'm no expert, but have you tried breast compressions on that side? I don't have great supply either side so switch baby back and forth several times and do compressions. Basically once he starts to fuss a bit I squeeze my boob as he sucks and he seems to go a bit longer.

jpeg32 · 09/05/2020 18:30

I have this issue still and my daughter is 9 months 🤦🏼‍♀️
I was told to pump the side that isn't as full between feeds/pumping sessions. I did that for a while and it got better but then I stopped and it went back to the same issue. My daughter has always preferred my left so I guess it just made it worse and then the more she wanted the faster milk the worse it got!
I'm exclusively pumping now and I can't fix it! My right produces half as much 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

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