Hi doctor,
I am having a 1-month-old baby. I am giving breast milk and formula milk to my baby due to insufficient breast milk. However, my breast milk was not too low. I used to provide formula feed for one or two feeds. Before three days back, I was sick, and so I could not breastfeed my baby for one day. After recovery, my breast milk has been dropped drastically and hardly. I was able to pump only 10 ml per feeding which was 100 ml before. Is this because I have not breastfed or pumped milk for one day? I want to recover my milk supply. Kindly advise. Can I take fenugreek supplement? Currently, I am giving formula milk to my baby, and I want to do breastfeeding. I am taking Razo D and Histac 180 for acidity and Livogen before breakfast and Shelcal in the afternoon.
Hi,
Welcome to icliniq.com.
Breast milk secretion works on a demand-supply basis. The more you breastfeed, the more milk is produced. Here is what you can do to increase your breastmilk supply:
- Breastfeed or pump a lot. It creates more demand and thus increases the amount.
- Hot fomentation of the breast: wrap a warm towel around the breast before pumping. It increases the supply. Hot showers can also help.
- Take Capsule Perinorm CD (Metoclopramide) one capsule twice daily for three days and stop it (make sure you stop after three days).
- Take Galact granules (Shatavar) two tablespoons with milk twice daily and continue it.
- Fenugreek seeds and intake of hot water along with increased ginger intake has some unproven role in increasing breastmilk.
For more information consult a lactation counselor online --> https://www.icliniq.com/ask-a-doctor-online/lactation-counselor
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