Dear Archana

You had mentioned that you have planned to BF Radha till she is 1year. Do u have sufficient milk now? I mean, are you pumping at home and inbetween work?

I am not pumping and am feeding Rishi in the morning and nights and I don't feel my breasts heavy anymore. I don't even think he is getting enough because I pumped that day and was able to produce just 3 oz!!!

Do you take anything specific to increase milk production? I too want to feed Rishi till 10 months atleast and am worried now.

Anybody who has a solution, pls let me know.

Vani Kyathi replied. Hey,

Its me again. I used to do all the below things in the initial months of my baby's birth when my milk production was low.

- You may boil fenugreek, jeera, suva(dill seeds) and the green seeds which we use for digestion which look like jeera(i dont remember the name exactly that why the explanation) in lots of water and drink it through out the day. Some say this may lead to loose stools in moms and babies. So try it and stop if these precautions comes. And if not you may ask your Dr if you can do so.
- Drink lots of milk and juices and 8-12 cups of water daily.
- Have white bread with milk daily.
- Make tapiaco payasam and drink it.
- Have lots of methi and spinach.
- If you are a non-vegetarian have keema(lamb ie mutton). I am really sorry to mention if you are a vegetarian. Dont want to mis it if you are non-vegetarian because it helps a lot.
- And have green vegs and fruits in you diet.
- Never keep your stomach empty at any time.
- Try to pump for atleast 1-2 times at work if possible because its all supply and demand thing with the milk production. So the no. of times you feed the baby the amount of milk you will produce.
Since you are feeding your baby only few times a day maybe your body got accustomed to this and hence no heaviness.

And I have heard you get some ayurvedic powders and tablets in India to increase the milk production. I am not exactly sure of those things, so why dont you discuss with your Dr?

Hope so I din't bored you with all these remedies.

try the above things and hope so it helps. All the best.

Love,
Kyathi.