Hi,
My LO is 5 weeks and 2 days old. I believe I am going through a low milk supply because I am only pumping about 3 ounces a day from both breasts. We have been having a hard time with BF because he was born 4 weeks early and was not able to latch on at the hospital. Since then I have been having a really hard time trying to get him latched on correctly (did I mention he is tongue tied). He would latch on but it was incorrectly and causing my breasts to be really sore. Therefore I am forced to pump but seem to be producing only 3-4 ounces a day. I am hoping that after getting his tongue from being untied tomorrow that will help out with latching on properly. Does anyone have any advice as to how to boost my milk supply?
Re: Low Milk Supply
Hopefully, the tongue tie fix will help with latching and more stimulation from nursing will help you produce more milk.
There are a lot of other things you can try to boost your supply a bit. Eating oatmeal, making lactation cookies (there are lots of recipes online; I tried a banana oatmeal chocolate chip one once and it was delicious), trying Mother's Milk tea... Or you can try supplements ( More milk Plus, fenugreek, goats rue). If you choose supplements, you might have to take more than the dosage on the bottle. You can ask an LC for more advice re: dosage.
You could also try power pumping once a day. Pump for an hour, doing 20 minutes on, 10 off, 10 on, 10 off, 10 on.