Thanks a lot for your good wishes.
Archie - i am not producing enough milk for my baby, initially, since i had infection due to water breaking 16 hrs before final birth of baby, i was on antibiotics and fever, so doc asked me not to breastfeed baby, after that , due to me not being able to sit for long periods due to stitches, i was unable to feed the baby .Now i am extracting milk by pump, but production is not good, so was wondering if u cud help me out , by suggesting anything to increase the milk production
Meena replied. Hi,
Congratulations on the arrival of your little one.
Methi[leaves or seeds] is great for lactation. Shatavari powder dissolved in milk helped me too. My Dr also prescribed ayurvedic pills[am sorry I don't remember the name]which u can easily get in India.
All the best
Meena Rhea replied. Hai,

Drumstick leaves increases milk supply. This is something I have really experienced. Which place are u based in? I am from chennai and here drumsick leaves are cooked like usual greens and I am not sure abt other places even in India. I had drumstick leaves and the next day milk flow was really very very good.

And if u do eat non-veg, there is one kind of shark fish which they say increases milk supply but am not sure.

Garlic increases milk supply. I do take garlic every day. Take a few garlic and small onions and roast them in a tawa with very little oil on low flame. Dont cut or peel the onions and garlic. After it is cooked completely peel them and have them first thing in the morning even before coffee. I have been doing this right from the day I was discharged. My granny said that onions is for uterus and garlic is for milk production. I have taken it for twenty days and will be doing it till day 30 and then stop.

Pumping in regular intrevals does extablish supply. My milk supply was established only by pumping coz my son feeds only in the bottle. Doctors do bother u about let-down reflux etc. But keep a positive attitude and keep pumping at regular intrevals even if ur baby does not consume and milk goes waste. Only then suppply will be established. I have pumped and poured out so much of milk in the beginning jus to establish supply. Pump every two hours.

Hope all this helps.

Bye
Rhea

Rhea replied. Hai,

Drumstick leaves increases milk supply. This is something I have really experienced. Which place are u based in? I am from chennai and here drumsick leaves are cooked like usual greens and I am not sure abt other places even in India. I had drumstick leaves and the next day milk flow was really very very good.

And if u do eat non-veg, there is one kind of shark fish which they say increases milk supply but am not sure.

Garlic increases milk supply. I do take garlic every day. Take a few garlic and small onions and roast them in a tawa with very little oil on low flame. Dont cut or peel the onions and garlic. After it is cooked completely peel them and have them first thing in the morning even before coffee. I have been doing this right from the day I was discharged. My granny said that onions is for uterus and garlic is for milk production. I have taken it for twenty days and will be doing it till day 30 and then stop.

Pumping in regular intrevals does extablish supply. My milk supply was established only by pumping coz my son feeds only in the bottle. Doctors do bother u about let-down reflux etc. But keep a positive attitude and keep pumping at regular intrevals even if ur baby does not consume and milk goes waste. Only then suppply will be established. I have pumped and poured out so much of milk in the beginning jus to establish supply. Pump every two hours.

Hope all this helps.

Bye
Rhea

Prajakta replied. hi there,

even i had some lactation problem initially.

first and foremost, keep an optimistic and cheerful attitude.
secondly, continue breast pumping even if it is painful as it helps establish the flow.

food items i would suggest is -
1. shatavari kalpa 2 teaspoons in a glass of milk twice a day
2. lot of kheer in your diet - kheer made out of sago, rawa, dudhi (white gourd), aararoot, haliv (dunno the english name)
3. pan leaf (have it with balanshopa, also a little chuna) as pan leaf and chuna have calcium.

all these are my grandma's suggestions which have helped me. dunno whether they are accepted by docs or not.

different communities have different recommended food items. so my suggestions might not be acceptable in some other community.

love and luck,
prajakta