First-time mum struggling with milk supply 🤍

Are you latching the baby too? Or strictly pumping?

Latch baby more often

This is a normal amount if you’re directly breastfeeding! Baby will be getting plenty from you and your body knows not to make excess milk. Do you need baby to take expressed milk? If so you’ll need to trigger more milk production by pumping regular to trick your body into thinking your baby needs more milk. Make sure you’re drinking over 2L of water per day and at least 700 extra calories to accommodate the extra production. Or if it’s not essential to have expressed milk then leave the pumps and just latch ◡̈

https://www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com/blog/low-milk-supply-101

Do you have a local bf support group?
If baby is drinking directly from breast, they’ll be getting a lot more than what you can pump out. As long as baby has a sufficient amount of wet nappies, don’t panic! I managed to bf both my babies 12mo+ and barely ever got much out from pumping (just incase I wanted extra for the odd bottle etc)

Please find a lactation specialist - they’re covered under insurance! They can be very hands-on and super helpful, and they can help figure out if there’s anything actually wrong or if you just need some teaching or a different technique or anything else 😊 with my first I didn’t think I’d be able to breastfeed because in the hospital we were never together - she was in the NICU and I couldn’t visit her so I felt depressed and didn’t want to pump. But once we got home I just latched her all the time and pumped whenever she was sleeping. I also drank and ate a lot 😅 I’ve also been making my own lactation smoothies for the second time around of breastfeeding. Brewer’s yeast, flax seeds and oats, whatever frozen fruits, sweetener of choice, peanut butter, tiny little bit of salt to get rid of bitterness, milk. Not sure that it actually boosts supply, but there are a lot of good things in it and my supply is a lot more than what I need right now. I hope this helps!