If you think that you do not have enough breast milk

Try to increase its number when you are at home( if you do not have the opportunity to regularly consult a doctor).Let's say that your child often ate in the maternity hospital, you gave him each breast at each feeding, but he still did not get enough milk. The doctor decided that the baby needs some more milk formula. Let's say that at each feeding the child receives about 50 grams of breast milk and drinks the same amount from the bottle. You decide at home to continue breastfeeding, hoping that eventually the child will completely pass to it.

Sometimes the mother, after spending a few days at home, relaxes, feels naturally in the usual surroundings, and the amount of breast milk increases without any additional;measures. The child gorges and does not need any additional formula. In this case, the mother immediately ceases to give him a mixture. However, in most cases the baby really likes the milk from the bottle and he prefers it to the breast. Therefore, in most cases, the mother should reduce the amount of the mixture and expect that increased hunger will cause the baby to be satisfied with breast milk and stimulate the breast sufficiently. There is such a way. The first few days at home continue to give the mixture after each feeding, as in the hospital, but do not give a drop after the child has eaten.(Usually in the first day or two houses the amount of breast milk does not increase, sometimes even temporarily decreases due to the mother's fatigue.) Two days later, start gradually reducing the amount of the mixture by 5-10 grams daily until the bottle is completely empty. What will happen in this case? As you reduce the amount of the mixture, the baby becomes hungrier. You feed him when he gets hungry - after four, three and even two hours. It seems that it takes a very long time, but this will not last forever. You hope that the frequent devastation of the breast will cause an increased supply of milk. When this happens, the child will start sleeping again longer and longer. After one or two weeks, he can again switch to a four-hour mode.(I remember one child who at the hospital received no more than 30 grams from the breast for one feeding, and at home he received 150 grams in two weeks. Of course, this is not always the case.) If you try 5 or 6 days, and the child remainshungry and does not gain weight, you can temporarily return to the mixture. But even then, do not give up trying;at each feeding, give 60 grams of the mixture, and after a few days, when you have enough rest, start to decrease its quantity again.

Some doctors recommend manually decanting the milk remaining after breastfeeding as a temporary way of increasing its amount.