Lactation medication

Hi ladies. I was wondering if anyone is using any mediation to help with lactation? My one breast I can't express more than 20ml but the other one I can do almost a bottle. However I feel like this is a lot of pressure for one boob and wanted to know how I can go about increasing the other breast and if there is any mediation that one could possibly use?

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I saw my GP for the same reason, she told me the medication is only for extreme cases (if you don’t produce at all/same sex couples) she advised to try Fenugreek capsules which are herbal and more pumping X

Did you try power pumping?

what is power pumping?

Thanks I will look into Fenugreek as not heard about this before.

I did it to increase my supply couple times. power pumping is not complicated! It is sometimes called cluster pumping for how it mimics cluster feeding. The typically advised pattern is 20 minutes pumping, 10 minutes rest, 10 minutes pumping, 10 minutes rest, 10 minutes pumping—for a total of 1 hour. Google for more info. Only once in 24h and maybe couple times a week. If milk is not coming out still keep doing it.

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