Chiropractic treatment for increasing breast milk production

[stunpie]

Hi, I am the mother of a three-month-old baby. I am currently breastfeeding my baby. But, the breast milk production is very low, and I have to depend on pasteurized milk often. Is there any method to improve the breast milk production? I read in a blog that chiropractic treatment can help in improving breast milk production. Is it true? Can I undergo that treatment at this stage? Will it affect my health? Please help guys. I am really confused.

[seamonster]

When you say pasturized milk, are you talking about donated human breast milk or cow milk? Cow milk doesn't have the nutrient balance that human babies need. Breast milk and formula do. There's nothing wrong with needing to give formula.

I haven't seen anything about chiropractic treatment helping. It might help reduce your stress or correct pain, but in itself it won't cause you to produce more milk.

Talk to a lactation consultant to see if there are things that are causing your low supply that can be fixed. It might be positioning issues or milk transfer issues that are causing a low supply. Fenugreek or Lactation teas can also help increase your supply if everything else is ok.

[Deleted]

I've had to get LO to fall asleep with a pacifier in her mouth then transfer her to the breast just to suck to stimulate production. She isn't interested in nursing and doesn't have a fantastic latch so my supply dips a lot.

[emmyg65]

What makes you think you have low supply? You can evaluate your supply by doing a weighted feed (weigh baby, nurse, weigh baby), or by looking at wet diapers—you want at least 6 a day.

If you have low supply, the best thing to do is nurse more often. Take a nursing vacation where you just chill out on the couch or in bed all day, doing skin to skin and nursing. Skin to skin encourages milk supply. If that's not enough, make sure you're eating and drinking enough. When I was nursing, I needed A LOT of water. Like 150+ ounces a day. You can also try common supplements like fenugreek, brewer's yeast, oats.

If you give baby a bottle, you need to pump to replace that bottle. Cow's milk is not recommended for human babies until they're at least one year old because it's not properly balanced and it's hard to digest. Babies should only drink breast milk or formula.