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Suggest Ways To Increase Breast Milk Production
Question: Hi
My son is 2 month old. My wife is not able feed baby due to lack of milk.
Please advise How to increase milk through medicine or foods. So that she Can breast feed my son.
My son is 2 month old. My wife is not able feed baby due to lack of milk.
Please advise How to increase milk through medicine or foods. So that she Can breast feed my son.
Brief Answer:
You need to eliminate formula feeds for breast milk production to increase
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I am happy that breast feeding interests you. Breast milk is the best possible feed for a child of this age. Breast milk is produced as per the requirement of the baby. The requirement is expressed through sucking. Hungrier the baby, more he sucks. More he sucks, more breast milk is produced. If you give him top feeds (on assumption that he is hungry), his hunger is already met and he sucks less and breast milk production automatically comes down. So, for increasing the breast milk production, you need to give up on the use of external formula feeds. Do not bother for the child to go transiently hungry. It will catch up. The adequacy of the feeds would be expressed in the number of times urine is passed. Passing urine more than 6 times in 24 hours indicates that the feed is adequate.
Apart from the above, the mother needs proper food, fluids and rest for adequate amounts of breast milk to be produced. So, you need to be cautious about these. Use of tablet Reglan (Metoclopramide) thrice daily can also contribute to increasing breast milk production.
Hope that helps.
Regards
You need to eliminate formula feeds for breast milk production to increase
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I am happy that breast feeding interests you. Breast milk is the best possible feed for a child of this age. Breast milk is produced as per the requirement of the baby. The requirement is expressed through sucking. Hungrier the baby, more he sucks. More he sucks, more breast milk is produced. If you give him top feeds (on assumption that he is hungry), his hunger is already met and he sucks less and breast milk production automatically comes down. So, for increasing the breast milk production, you need to give up on the use of external formula feeds. Do not bother for the child to go transiently hungry. It will catch up. The adequacy of the feeds would be expressed in the number of times urine is passed. Passing urine more than 6 times in 24 hours indicates that the feed is adequate.
Apart from the above, the mother needs proper food, fluids and rest for adequate amounts of breast milk to be produced. So, you need to be cautious about these. Use of tablet Reglan (Metoclopramide) thrice daily can also contribute to increasing breast milk production.
Hope that helps.
Regards
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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