The Key to Maintaining and Increasing Milk Supply

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Newborn, Parent, Homebirth, Vbac, Kids & Family, Doula, Firsttimemom, Midwife, Pregnancy, Doctor, Parenting, Pregnant, Vanessamerten, Physician, Csection, Prenatalcare, Breastfeeding, Naturalbirth, Nursing, Birthcenter, Family, Baby, Hospitalbirth, Health, Obgyn, Research, Trimester, Expecting, Labor, Mom, Diet, Dad, Birth

4.5 • 948 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Milk supply is the number one reason mothers quit breastfeeding early or supplement with infant formula. The first line of defense for maintaining or increasing supply is establishing breastfeeding early and frequently breastfeeding or pumping. For many mothers, this is easier said than done. Get tips on what you can do to establish breastfeeding in the first few days and weeks and how to gauge your supply accurately. Learn the evidence on galactagogues, lactogenic pharmaceuticals, foods, and herbs to increase milk supply. Plus, information on oversupply and substances that can decrease the amount of milk you make.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Mert.
0:07.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In today's episode, we're talking about maintaining and increasing your milk supply. Milk supply is the number one reason that mothers quit breastfeeding early or supplement with infant formula.
0:27.0	The first line of defense for maintaining or increasing your supply is establishing breastfeeding early and frequently breastfeeding or frequently pumping.
0:37.0	But for a lot of moms that's a lot easier said than done.
0:40.8	In today's episode we'll go through tips on what you can do to establish
0:45.1	breastfeeding in the first few days and weeks, how to actually gauge your supply accurately.
0:51.6	We're also going to talk about the evidence on Galactogues and
0:55.0	lactogenic pharmaceuticals, foods, and herbs that are thought to increase your
1:00.1	milk supply. And we're going to touch on oversupply and some of the substances that can decrease
1:06.0	the amount of milk that you make. You can find the full article and all of the resources that
1:11.7	accompany this episode at pregnancy podcast.com
1:16.5	slash milk supply. Thank you to Zoller for their support of this episode.
1:22.8	The Zoller prenatal plus DHA goes above and beyond
1:27.1	in high quality bioavailable ingredients,
1:30.2	like the active form of folate,
1:31.9	bioavailable iron and omega threes.
1:34.3	In August of 2024 you can save 35% off the Zeller prenatal plus DHA on Amazon with the code pre-POD 3-5 and you can always see the current promo
1:46.7	code for the Zeller prenatal vitamin at pregnancy podcast.com
1:51.6	slash Vitamin.
1:53.6	Thank you to the Family Album app for their support.
1:57.3	Family Album is more than a family photo and video sharing app.
2:01.6	It's a digital time capsule of my family's journey from the day my
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