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hi i delivered a month back, after 15days of my delivery i got engorged breast of left side, my dr gave a picotin injection to release the milk, after that my lactation on my left side became really less. I am able to express only 30ml of my milk and right side i get milk which i can feed only after 8hours i have to give top feed can u please help me how to increase my lactation on both the sides
Hello,
Sorry for my late answer as I lost internet connection at home.
It seems like you feed your baby every four hours. You can try changing that to two hours, feeding each feed from a different breast. Your baby might not get much at each feed, but this will definitely trigger the breast to produce more milk. The more milk your baby sucks, the more milk your breast produces. Try this out and keep me updated.
Best of luck.
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Sageda El-Abbasy
Expertise
I can answer questions reagrding correct positioning for breast feeding, mastitis and how to deal with it, and increasing milk supply. I'd like to encourage and help women to continue breast feeding for the longest period possible. I can also help identify whether a woman is pregnant or not and what symptoms to look out for.
Experience
I've been pregnany before and I read a lot of articles and sevral books about the subject. I've also suffered from mastitis three times myself and was able to identify it and deal with it the last two times.
Education/Credentials
Took a course about Developmental Psychology in University while studying for my bachelor's degree. It covered pregnancy and breastfeeding as well as the child's psychology up till the age of 10.
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