Please help

Desperately need help/advice
My baby is 17 days old, I have been pumping exclusively as per advice from the feeding support adviser, since he is unable to latch at all.
All of a sudden since this evening I am not producing any milk.
Any advice?

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Try having skin to skin with baby to release some oxytocin before expressing to help production. Also a warm compress/warm shower before trying to express might help as this increases the blood flow. Some relaxing music/low stress environment too. They also say that milk supply tends to be better early morning 2-5am. Good luck mama 🙏🏽

Thank you Alisha, will give it a go.

Congratulations on your newborn!
Try power pumping for an hour in the morning
20 minutes pump
10 minutes rest
10 minutes pump
10 minutes rest
10 minute pump

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I saw someone as my baby won't latch, she said with pumping your supply is higher during the night so you could try then and some people pump left side 5 mins, then right 5 mins and then repeat again. I did try it and found I got more that way. Also she suggests massaging boobs before and during feed as well as skin to skin with baby whilst pumping. Xx

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