Supply

Lactation delays the return of your period. When menstruation returns is highly variable and you will likely ovulate before you menstruate.

Have you ever wondered, “if I am nursing, how am I supposed to ever be able to pump milk for a bottle?” Here’s how: After nursing your baby, pump both breasts.

Supplementing is adding in additional breastmilk or formula along with nursing.

For a little boost, try to eat one or more of these foods a day! Fennel, Carrots, Beets, Yams Grains: oats, millet, barley, brown rice

How we measure a milk supply is fairly arbitrary, because a milk supply is always adjusting and changing based upon the stimulation it has received over the previous hours and days.

Vacuum Highest comfortable suction, not highest tolerable suction. Pain with pumping is not normal. More vacuum does not mean more milk. Always start on the

A breast compression is when you squeeze your breast during a breastfeeding or pumping session, which increases the flow of milk.

Whenever you are looking to decrease your milk supply, the rule of thumb is to stay full, but not uncomfortably full.

Below are guidelines for the storage of milk for healthy, term babies. If you have a baby with special needs, please discuss this with your baby’s doctor in the intensive care until.