My right boob sucks! Tips?

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I just had a baby two weeks ago and have had to pump due to baby not latching. I usually only get about 2-2.5 oz per boob, but lately my right boob gives like 1oz less than my left! Anyone else?

Also on a more serious note..what are some tips for producing more milk? And how many calories should I be eating?

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OMG same name and same exact issue here!!!!

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You should be eating about 300-500 extra calories per day. Eat a healthy balanced diet, stay hydrated. Some foods help milk production such as oatmeal, salmon, spinach, brewers yeast (sold at vitamin shops), nuts, fennel and mother's milk tea (it is awful). You can take fenugreek but I found that even though it made my supply increase, my milk was quite a bit more watery. Google foods that help with milk production. I made lactation cookies for a few months and even if they didn't help, they were delicious! Sleep helps production too but that is easier said than done. My 5 month old has yet to sleep through a single night.

The best way to increase supply is to nurse, though, and make sure to empty your breasts. Your body signals your breasts to make more milk when they are empty. You don't have to nurse from both breasts at each feeding. I actually pump one breast while my baby nurses on the other (I struggle with letdown for the pump and this is the only way that seems to work for me). I get 7 oz from my right breast and a whopping 2-3 oz from my left. My breasts are constantly lopsided but oh well. Maybe they'll look normal again after I quit nursing. It is very common for one breast to produce more than the other.

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Try a nipple shield until you can figure out how to get the baby to latch good. I did and it was a godsend.

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That's weird.. mine is the same way! My son actually rejected my right boob last night, but latched right onto my left and chugged away. 😕

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Wow my right one pumps 2-3 oz my left pumps maybe one I don't get it either makes me wonder if it'll ever catch up

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Exactly the same situation for me! Ive been starting to make lactation smoothies & cookies, drinking mothers milk tea and taking fenugreek supplement, all said to increase milk production. I'm desperate to get more of a milk flow

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Following. I am breastfeeding and my husband gives our LO a bottle per day and I pump during that time. I also pump after -almost- every feeding and barley get any milk. When I just pump instead of feeding However, on my left side I at most get 1.5oz and on my right side .5 oz.... I just started taking fenugreek a few times a day and drinking mothers milk tea, I'm not sure if it is making a difference yet. I'm 3weeks PP and I got back to work in 3 more weeks, I really need to start building a freezer stash. We have been using all the bottles I pump the same day or next because our LO has a milk protein allergy and I think it's still getting out of my system.

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That's a good amount for right now. You should be pumping every 2 hours during the day and every 3 at night to keep supply up. One side will almost always underproduce. My right is typically 3.5 ounces and left is 1.5 ounces. You should be pace feeding in order to keep baby from being over fed and needing more than what you can supply. Baby only needs 1-1.25 oz of breast milk an hour (if pace feeding) so then pump output doesn't have to be ridiculously high. Check out kellymom.com and search these topics. There's a ton of info! Everything I stated is backed by IBCLCs and is on kellymom.com

My right boob sucks! Tips?

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