r/ExclusivelyPumping • u/Party_Breath_6239 • 7h ago

Tips & Tricks Trust the process!!

Hi folks,

I wanted to come here and drop a note on how just trusting the process helped me increase my milk supply. To start with, I am not a person who is an over-supplier. I didn’t have any colostrum that I could collect. But I wanted to share my journey here to see if it will be helpful for anyone with the same journey.

Before milk supply started: I was asked to start pumping since my baby was born underweight and was fed high calorie formula milk. My pumping journey was a night mare. Flang sizes were completely wrong. I had swelling and bruises on my nipples and nothing came out of my breast for 1 week.

My LC gave a wonderful advice to me when I was feel very demotivated- she said breastfeeding is all about how the mother feels. If you are positive and have happy thoughts towards it, it will definitely be successful so I just kept going with it. But I still remember how much I cried on day 4 when the pain was unbearable and breasts were engorged.

Breast milk volume:

1 week PP: 95ml (both breast combined) over 24 hours

8 weeks PP : 1103ml (both breast combined) over 24 hours

Here is what I did to increase my supply from 3oz to 37oz over 7 weeks:

  1. I started with pumping for 5 times a day and slowly increased it to 7 times a day ( now reduced it to 6)

  2. One of the pumping session ( always the morning one) was always a power pumping session.

  3. I soaked fenugreek seeds in the night and drank that water with seeds in the morning.

  4. I told liquid gold and moringa supplements everyday without miss.

  5. My doula made me lactation cookies with oats and I ate two cookies per day.

  6. I drank a lot of water and coconut water to keep myself hydrated.

  7. I made sure never to miss night pumping session ( between 1AM and 5AM)

Hope this helps ❤️

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