Took forever to get to this point lol. Ive been using both milk flow & mothers milk. I don’t feel like it’s much of a difference. Does anyone have any tricks to help increase milk supply ? I’d like to stop supplementing with formula completely 😩

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LOTS of water is key. I try to drink at least 100oz a day, if not more.  Oatmeal and Gatorade/Powerade (anything with electrolytes) are helpful too. Also, Milky Mama is a company that sells food/drinks to help increase milk supply.

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It’s actually been proven that increasing how much you drink makes no difference. As long as you are drinking enough to stay hydrated that’s enough. 
I had some supply issues this time as well, I’m taking domperidone (prescription from your doc) and eating oat milk everyday. 
Check your supplements for Fenugreek, it’s a touchy herb. For some women it increased supply but for many others it actually reduces supply. 
One thing that really helps believe it or not is beer! Have one beer, the darker the better, and by the next morning your supply will be increased a fair bit. You do NOT need to pump and dump after drinking the beer. 
Lastly, the amount you can pump is not necessarily an indicator of how much milk you are actually producing. Many women don’t respond to pumps well, but are producing more that enough milk for baby. So make sure and always latch baby first and let them drink off both sides. Only supplement with formula afterwards if baby won’t settle and is clearly still hungry after nursing. (Note - a baby taking a bottle immediately after nursing is NOT a good Indicator that they are still hungry, most will overeat when offered the bottle)

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For me, the Hakaa made a difference while nursing.

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I agree with Trina. I would also add to try to keep baby in your breast as much as possible; this includes soothing.

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I express when feeding baby as I find that I produce more milk because Baby is so close

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Drink as much as you can, and keep putting baby on the breast. It's supply and demand!

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I tried to mimic cluster feeding with my pump and that helped me.

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How often are you pumping and for how long. Pump every 2-3 hours for a total time of 130 minutes within 24 hours. I pump throughout the night (the longest I go is 4 hours) even if my son is sleeping.

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Express every time baby feeds, the more you do the more milk you will produce. 
Water, oats, you can also get cookies from your supermarket. 
If you need to Dr can prescribe tablets to take to increase your milk supply.

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Power pumping helped me. I also drink tons of water. Set a schedule too. I've got a fridge and freezer stash now.

Took forever to get to this point lol. Ive been using both milk flow & mothers milk. I don’t feel like it’s much of a difference. Does anyone have any tricks to help increase milk supply ? I’d like to stop supplementing with formula completely 😩

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