How to increase milk production after eating leeks?

Breast milk is the main food source for babies. It has high nutritional value and can supplement the baby's body needs. However, breast milk is a nutrient secreted by the mother, and the secretion amount will be unstable as the mother's body changes. For example, some mothers will experience milk dryness after eating leeks. At this time, the baby's food cannot be effectively satisfied. The best way is to increase milk production. Let's take a look at how to increase milk production after eating leeks.

Methods of milking:

Massage milk-boosting method:

Step 1: Use the pads of the four fingers other than the thumb to gently push in circles along the outer edge of the breast. You can use the fingers of both hands to push from the outside to the inside, gradually pushing to the areola area. If there is already a lump, there will be pain. This is the pain caused by the swollen milk overwhelming the nerves around the mammary gland. Do not avoid it, but be sure to rub it, and do not use brute force.

Step 2: Still use four fingers to comb from the outer base of the breast towards the nipple. All areas of the breast should be combed, especially the milk knot area, which needs to be combed repeatedly. The key to this technique is to make sure the direction is correct. Do not comb horizontally or crookedly, and do not press down. As a reminder, never use a wooden comb or other hard comb instead of your fingers, as that can easily damage the breast glands. Our soft hands are the best tools.

Step 3: Hold the entire breast with your hands, just like when we are breastfeeding, and then gently shake it up and down and left and right. Don't underestimate this step, because whether we use a breast pump or the baby to suck, what we suck out is the areola and the milk near the areola, while the milk at the root of the outer edge of the breast is often not sucked out, so milk knots are easily accumulated on the outer edge of the breast. The first two steps are to push the milk at the outer edge of the breast to the areola, and the third step is to allow the milk to flow better throughout the mammary glands. These three steps can be repeated, as they are all ways to promote milk circulation. Massaging like this before each breastfeeding can effectively prevent milk lumps.