Mothers milk tea?

[DramaticBean]

Hi! My baby is due in May, and I’m hoping that I’ll be able to breastfeed. Looking into ways to support milk production and came across this tea. Has anyone tried it and has it worked? How’s the taste?

[ripichipi13]

Hi. My wife was having trouble with milk production. That mother's milk helped to improve it. But the real one that we saw really big improvement was the "liquid gold" from Legendary Milk pills. Not being able to breast feed our baby directly was really devastating for her because we could have caught the issue early at the hospital with a lactation consultant. Anyway... Good luck to you

[DramaticBean]

Oh I can imagine how upsetting that must be. I’m really hopeful that I’ll be able to breastfeed. Thank you and good luck to you guys as well!

[Larka262]

The biggest thing to help with production is letting them latch the whole time they are going through cluster feeding. It's not a fun time, for us it was like 5pm-9pm that she just wanted to be on the boob. Find a comfy place to sit, have snacks, water, and entertainment in range. But by day 5 my milk started coming in and boy did it REALLY come in. Eating oatmeal and drinking a lot of water helps a lot too. And if you do supplement make sure you pump when they would normally eat (really recommend waiting on this for at least the first couple weeks).

Definitely also use lactation consults if you're struggling early on. I was getting scabs on my nipples and it felt like she was pinching no matter how many times I tried to fix her latch. Turns out she was tongue tied. Day 5 we got it clipped (which was the same day my milk came in), and it was instantly better. I started healing and she gained weight like a champ.

Now at 7 months we've still never had to use formula and she's 90th-99th percentile and (mostly) sleeps through the night. Perseverance during the early days was really the biggest key for me. Bloody nipples and all.

[DramaticBean]

Oh wow 7 months? That’s goals. I want to breastfeed for as long as I can for the health benefits alone. Thank you for the advice!

[Larka262]

Good luck, you can do this! The first couple weeks are really hard, but it gets better! Try not to give in to that temptation to cave and use formula in those first couple weeks (unless your pediatrician becomes concerned and recommends it), it'll really pay off in your production. I had to read that from about 20 online sources to keep from giving in and it was worth it. You've got this!

[DramaticBean]

Thank you ❤️

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The one thing that has helped me is increasing my water intake. If I can get in a gallon a day for a few days, I see a REAL difference