Ways to increase breast milk?

Question

I'm a first time mom and my son is almost a month old. I wanted to breastfeed but he wasn't latching on correctly so I pump. However, I feel like barley anything is coming out and it's making me feel really bad / sad 😔. I have tried drinking more water, oatmeal, lactation cookies & lactation drinks but I feel like nothing is working. The most I produce is maybe 3 ounces from both breast all together. I've been supplementing with formula but I really want him to have more breast milk.

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Lots of skin to skin contact with baby can help. Also, after you finish pumping, try hand expressing the milk for 2-3 minutes per breast, the nipple stimulation can help increase supply too. Good luck momma!

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Look up YouTube and look for real mums breastfeeding their babies. They helped me with latching on my son then I breastfed for over a year. I'd try again and see how you do. Babies get more milk out from your boob than you could ever do pumping. 
You are doing everything to increase your supply but I think you could try latching again mama. Every hour put LO on breast will help build supply. Obv night time you can get a little longer between feeds.
If you need any help feel free to PM me 😊

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I just took a breastfeeding class. Skin to skin contact can help. Hand expression is a good way to stimulate production. You start by massaging around the breast in circles, the you place your hand around the bottom of the breast with your thumb and index or middle finger on the outside of your areola about an inch outward from the nipple, you push down and then squeeze. Sometimes it takes a few minutes to get it going, but it should help.
Also, another rule of thumb is the more you pump/feed, the more you will produce. If you skip any feedings from the breast or wait a while to pump, you’re losing out on a pumping/feeding session and basically training your body to make less.
From what I learned in my class, typically a baby’s stomach is only large enough that early on to fit 2-3oz at most. So 3oz seems like a proper amount anyway. You mentioned you only can express that much all together when you pump, but how many times a day are you able to pump that? I guess that’s the question.
Just remember though, every woman is different and sometimes they just don’t produce as much. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. You’re doing what you can.

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If you’re pumping, it’s recommended to pump every 2-3 hours for no less than 20 minutes. Empty breasts = more milk production and full breast = less milk production.￼ Continue to pump even if you’re not getting much.

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Don’t stress about it, drink plenty of water, make sure oatmeal is not instant oatmeal, make sure your pumping ever 2/3 hours. My son wouldn’t latch on the first three months but I still tried every feeding and finally one day it just happened

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