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How To Increase Milk Supply Fast 9 Months PostPartum l Nursing Tips For Newborns
hey guys welcome back to my channel if
you are new here my name is Tiffany I am
in motherhood Lysa health and wellness
vlogger and in today's video I'm gonna
be going over tips on how to increase
your milk supply 9 months postpartum
alright guys I did not think I was gonna
be adding any more videos to my
breastfeeding tips for a newborn
playlist but here we are and I am so
excited to give you these brand new tips
today so this video is going to be an
update to my how to increase your milk
supply overnight video which is my first
breastfeeding tips for newborns a video
in that playlist and it has helped out
so many mamas I've connected with so
many of you and honestly it just warms
my heart that I can put that information
out there and that it's actually working
for you guys alright now while I still
believe that those first 5 tips I gave
you and the original video will help you
out I personally feel they are geared
more towards Mamas who are earlier on
into their breastfeeding journey
especially within the first three months
it's a little bit easier to boost your
supply it increase your supply with
smaller changes in your lifestyle when
you are just starting because your
hormones are still high but as you get
further on into your breastfeeding
journey it can become a lot harder to
boost your milk supply and a lot of us
don't even realize why we're starting to
have a decrease in your supply so
today's tips are really gonna help you
understand those tips and what you can
do to prevent them and how to boost them
if you're ready there okay before I tell
you what these 5 tips are I feel I
really need to say something when it
comes to breastfeeding that I feel is
not said enough and I get so many of
these types of comments on here and so I
feel like I really need to address this
because it's so important you guys it is
completely normal to have a natural dip
in your supply some of us find our dips
once a month some of us will find our
milk slowly starts to decrease the older
our baby gets and that's completely
normal you guys breast milk is all about
supply and demand and if your baby is
starting to eat more solid foods they're
starting to eat less from you your body
is overtime going to slowly start to
decrease the amount of breast milk until
either your baby ends itself or you
start to the weaning process but that is
all completely normal and a part of the
breastfeeding journey ok so now that we
know that all of those things are
completely normal let's go on to these
tips that will help you boost your
supply and ultimately help you have
unless the dips every single time okay
guys so tip number one really is geared
towards those mama's who are introducing
solid foods into your baby's diet when
we do this we'll notice that our
children are either one getting full
faster or two they're staying full
longer so something we don't realize
we're doing is we're skipping out on
nursing sessions or we're going a longer
period of time between nursing sessions
or pumping sessions if you pump
regularly so you want to make sure that
you are not skipping any type of regular
nursing or pumping sessions and you want
to stay on schedule now you can do one
or two things if you are introducing
solids into your baby's diet and you
notice that they're going longer periods
of time without eating you can one nurse
baby first so that way but they're still
in taking the same amount of breast milk
that they normally would and then you
can give them their solid foods as a
secondary option or two if you're
further along into the solid foods and
you notice that you want solids more
than they want breast milk you can go
ahead and pump while they're eating
their solid foods again to replicate
that you still have that nursing session
there this is going to let your body
know that milks still needs to be
created by emptying the breast as long
as we keep the breast full our body
starts to slowly decrease the amount of
milk that's going to be created and then
over time you're going to see less and
less production of milk when you go to
express or a baby may seem frustrated
after a nursing session because you're
not creating as much so it is so
important not to skip any type of
nursing or regular pumping sessions okay
tip number two is adding in a pumping
session either first thing in the
morning or you can do it right before
bed but really just adding in a pumping
session and this is geared towards mamas
that we'll see a dip in their supply
once a month I unfortunately got my
postpartum period back six weeks
postpartum and it was not fun but the
second time around I did not have this
problem with my daughter but I think
it's because I worked full time so I was
regularly pumping so I was able to keep
my milk supply up because I was kind of
creating more milk than my daughter
actually needed just to make sure I had
some on hand when I was out of town but
when it comes to my son
he's exclusively breastfed so when it
comes to my period I noticed a dip in my
supply and it could be anywhere from 1
to even 3 ounces per session that I'm
missing
and I can barely express anything and
it's so frustrating so what I will do is
I track my period and when I realize my
period is coming two to three days
before I start to add in a pumping
session first thing in the morning what
this does is it gives my body a small
boost in milk production because I'm
telling my body I have an extra nursing
session going on or a pumping session
going on and so it empties the breasts
so again it fills it up and then I feed
my baby right afterwards so again my
breasts is like okay we need a kick into
overdrive she needs more milk so I boost
it three days before my period this way
when my period comes and I have that dip
and supply that dip is coming from that
boost in amount it's not coming from my
regular milk supply amount if that makes
sense to you guys and then I will
continue to pump every single day in the
morning while I'm on my period and then
as soon as my periods done I kind of in
the pumping sessions because by that
time going levels are kind of back to
normal and then I noticed my supply
starts to level out again okay so tip
number two is not going to work for you
because you're currently in a dip in
your supply and you're like well that
doesn't help me at all
tip number three is going to be for you
and that is to add in a power pupping
session I actually have a whole video
explaining how you do power pumping and
how it worked for me for me I noticed I
did one power pumping session every
single day for three days and by day
four I woke up engorged and that's when
it really started to kick in and that's
when I notice that my supply went back
to normal if you notice that you had
that boost like on day four but it's not
enough you can continue to do those
Power pumping sessions until your supply
is back to normal tips two and three
work hand in hand you guys but power
pumping sessions are amazing they just
take a couple of days to kick in some
people won't see a boost until two weeks
later it's different for everybody but I
truly believe in power pumping sessions
ok so tip number four is going to be a
little bit scientific and that is to
naturally boost milk production hormones
so your body creates a ton of hormones
that happen in each hormone kind of
controls a different thing so there are
hormones that help create breast milk as
well the main two is going to be
prolactin and oxytocin so prolactin is
specific to that supply and demand
factor so to raise prolactin you just
want to increase the frequency of
breastfeeding sessions or pumping
sessions so that kind of goes
tips one through three so you want to
make sure you're not skipping any type
of nursing sessions or pumping sessions
you know add in extra pumping sessions
if you need to let baby cluster fie that
baby's in a cluster feeding stage adding
those power pumping sessions whatever
you can do to increase the frequency of
expressing your breast milk is going to
raise your prolactin levels and then
boost your milk supply there but it
comes to oxytocin this one is a little
bit more complicated but it's no no's
like the love hormone and that's because
oxytocin is released when you do things
that make you feel good like holding
someone's hand giving someone a hug they
can even do things like sharing a meal
or doing something kind for somebody
else holding open a door these seem
really crazy but it really does work you
guys another thing I always promote is
to do skin-to-skin with baby whenever
you can I know at nine months postpartum
your baby is probably crawling or all
over the place you're not able to do it
as often but for me and my son I still
do it during bath time so I'll just put
him in a diaper and then for like five
minutes I'll just kind of cuddle with
him on the bed before I get him dressed
I mean his clothes you want to make sure
that you are doing it skin-to-skin and
not with any type of clothes it will
work but having that direct contact with
skin is going to boost that oxytocin
level a little bit more another really
big thing is like going to the gym if
that's your thing that will help
increase oxytocin as well and it helps
lower stress which stress can be a cause
of a dip in your milk supply to you to
go into the gyms kind of like a win-win
situation in there okay and tip number
five which is my last tip and I think
I've mentioned this in my what to eat to
increase your milk supply videos but
that is to add in Galacticos so
Galacticos is anything that gives a
temporary boost in your supplied and
usually with Galacticos as soon as you
stop using it you're going to see your
milk supply kind of decrease unless you
add in any of the other tips so this is
a really good thing to do while doing
all those other tips because it's going
to help boost your supply a little bit
faster but some really good Galacticos
that other Mama's have mentioned - it's
like fenugreek you can do lactation
cookies probably the number one thing
that moms have said is Mother's Milk tea
if you find like natural remedies aren't
working you can always partner with a
lactation consultant or your doctor to
see if there's any prescription that
they can give you that can help - your
doctor can help partner with you and
figure out what's the best one to take
so
it is completely normal to feel this way
but make sure if you feel like you've
tried everything you possibly could
partner with your doctor make your life
a little bit easier because at the end
of the day a Fed baby is what is best
for you and for them but guys I hope
these tips helped you out on how to
increase your milk supply 9 months
postpartum if I missed anything or you
found something that really does work
for you let me know in the comment
section below
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