With breastfeeding, you can establish an emotional connection with your mewling newborn, immediately.
Not just that!
Breast milk has nutrients that help in the new-born’s overall development and definitely help in brain development. However, sometimes the reduced breast milk supply can make the new mom feel worried.
Continue reading this article to find out what are the ways to boost your breast milk, while you’re feeding your baby.
You can surely try out some recipes, but there are also several other ways with which you can boost your breast milk.
Recipes to Boost Your Breast Milk
Pumpkin Smoothie
This is rich with all the nutritious ingredients which may increase your breast milk supply naturally. You can blend the pumpkin in milk or milk substitute to get Vitamin A, D, B – 12, and calcium from it.
Blueberry Muffins
Make yourself some sweet blueberry muffins with a combination of oats, flax, and yeast and have it any time of the day. They are absolutely gluten and nut-free and very healthy for both your tongue and sensitive tummy.
No-bake Bite and Lactation Cookies
A perfect and healthy quick snack in-between nursing sessions. You can make it in only 10 minutes and that is enough to satisfy your sweet cravings.
Nursing Mom Tea
While you’re breastfeeding your baby, besides drinking water, you can have herbal tea or some interesting smoothie that can help you boost your milk secretion. You can mix herbs and spices like fennel with it to make it tasty. Fennel is packed with iron, folate, and vitamin C that help in improving your digestion. You can also have it with raspberry and nettle leaf and mix it with fenugreek, alfalfa, chamomile, and dandelion. While fenugreek, alfalfa, and dandelion are rich in Vitamins C and K as well as potassium, chamomile can help you with peaceful slumber.
Oats
Some you swear by oatmeal for boosting your milk supply. This nutritious quick meal is perfect for busy moms. Try this meal with various types of daal or with milk and dry fruits or with seasonal fruits toppings. Alternatively, you can add chia seeds to it.
Bone Broth
You might have some food aversions during your breastfeeding days, almost like your pregnancy days. During this time, your appetite can even be low. Make yourself some delicious chicken bone broth which is nourished with amino acids, collagen, and several other minerals that your body will need.
Salmon Salad
During your breastfeeding days, just like your pregnancy days, you need to have plenty of healthy green vegetables. However, to give your tongue and tummy a different taste, add some chicken or salmon to the salad of your choice and make it your healthy boost milk recipe. Do the dressing with turmeric and fenugreek as they have anti-inflammatory properties in them.
Omelet
Along with the other nutrients, it is also essential to include eggs in your breastfeeding diet. You can make healthy organic butter, whipping cream and avocado. Throw some greens in it to make it more nutritious. This is really going to be a yummy breastmilk-boosting recipe.
Other than the interesting breastmilk boosting recipes that are mentioned above, you can also try out some other ways to increase your breast supply.
Feed Your Baby On His or Her Demand
Make sure that your baby keeps on demanding more milk from you. After all, breastfeeding is based on demand and supply methods.
Make Sure Your Little One Latches on Your Breasts Properly
Improper latching can lead to inefficient nursing, thus reducing the supply of your milk.
Pump Your Milk in Between Your Feedings
Pumping your milk surely helps in breastmilk production. Therefore, try to add your pumping sessions after every nursing session.
Use a Warm Compress
Sometimes low blood circulation in the breasts can lead to lower breast milk supply. Therefore, before you prepare yourself to feed your baby try to use a warm compress or pour some water on your breasts while you’re taking a bath. This will eventually boost your milk supply.
Avoid Pacifiers
They can give rise to nipple confusion. In fact, the little one in your arms might be difficult to latch on to your breasts.
As per research, you need to breastfeed your baby till he or she crosses half a year mark. In the process, if you have any problem with breast milk production consult your healthcare practitioner immediately.
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