Any idea how to boost my breast milk yield. My 7 week old baby drinks 4oz per feed and sadly I only produce one third of what she is drinking now. Tried all the possible milk boosters. Considering power pumping. I heard that power pumping is effective in increasing yield. May I know once yield has increased, should I stop power pumping altogether?

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Sorry to hear that. How often do you direct latch? I had been pumping a fair bit in the first few weeks postpartum because of sore nipples, but realised that having my baby DL instead helped to increase my production significantly. She drains in 5 mins what 20 mins of pumping yields. And now that I've been back at work for a week and pumping, my supply has fallen slightly.

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