..Not Producing Enough Breast Milk?..

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The most tormenting moment for mothers who wants to breastfeed their babies are when the breast milk is getting lesser and lesser or maybe to some mothers, no milk produced at all!

Scenarios such as below are some in which we often hear amongst mothers :

Scenario 1
Aku dulu masa baby baru lahir, memang nak sangat breastfeed but then, susu tak keluar and aku dah cuba macam-macam including makan sawi masak air, tauhu sup dan ‘sikat tetek’ tapi, susu aku masih tak banyak and each time baby aku nak menyusu, baby tak pernah puas sebab tak cukup. Lebih tambah pressure apabila, mak mertua aku pulak tak kasi langsung aku bagi susu formula dan akhirnya, aku menangis-nangis kerana rasa amat tertekan! Last-last, memang kena bagi susu formula jugak sebab susu memang dah tak keluar langsung!

Scenario 2
I am 8 months pregnant but my breast still has yet to engorge. The last time I had my baby, my milk was really limited and I had to feed my baby with Formula Milk. I really want to try breastfeeding and what should I do?

And so, since I, myself want to try to do an exclusive breastfeeding and of course, I won’t know how much of milk I am able to produce just yet but I think it is good to make myself prepared with what are the things that I can do just to increase the milk production, just in case my production is also not that much!! *cam segan jer lak nak sebut.. hahaha…*

So, here are some suggestions and ‘petua’ in which I collected from families, friends, mak bidan and also, susuibu.com forum and petua-petua ni ada jugak yang kelakar. Let’s check it out ;) :

• Makan lobak putih (White Radish) - boleh di rebus jer atau di makan begitu saja..


• Makan tauhu – yang ini kena di masak sup but tak surelah pulak apa isi dalam sup tuh.. hmm… maybe ada sesiapa yang leh bagitau?


• Sawi Masak Air - dengan kata lain, rebus jer lah :p


• Milkmaid Tea


• Mulberry Tea


• Alfalfa from Shaklee


• Ok, ni petua yang amatlah kelakar in which I got it from a friend and I also found it in susuibu.com forum. It says, “Kalau time tengah duduk saja-saja tu, try sikat ‘tetek’ sambil berselawat and then, once dah habis sikat breast tuh, ketuk-ketuk sikat tu kat peha or apa-apa yang keras macam meja ke gitu”. *seriously funny, but maybe it works for some people coz I mean, ini macam satu bentuk urutan jugak kan? Hehe*


• Fenugreek – it comes in liquid extract, capsule and tea form


• AGEL MIN or AGEL CAL and for more information can click here


• Buah Naga or Dragon Fruit


• Kurma or Dates


• Air longan kering yang di rebus – hmm.. this sounds delicious.. :D Boleh di dapati di Kedai Ubat Cina


• Jantung pisang – di buat masak lemak or di buat ulam jer


• Or leh gak try ini : resipi tambah susu –
  1 gelas susu HL yang original flavour
  1 sudu kismis kuning (yang masuk dalam nasi minyak tu)
  1 sudu serbuk badam
  1 sudu madu
  all blend together, then minum waktu pagi..buat 7 hari..
  *Insyallah berkesan*


• Membaca Surah Al-Hujurat


• Drink Susu Kambing @ Goat’s Milk


• Habbatus Sauda


• Or you can also ask for supplements from doctors and they might give you this Metoclopramide. This medicine is also used to prevent from nausea and vomiting so don’t be afraid to consume it and thought that it won’t help because it has multipurpose to it ;).
  

These are among the tips and probably there are many more but whatever it is hopefully mothers out there could at least use one of it to help increase the production of BREAST MILK.

Most importantly is breastfeeding needs a lot of patience. True enough there’s going to be obstacles but does not mean you can just easily give up, so do try as much as you can before saying, “that’s it” ;).

So, good luck to all and especially for myself too!!!

*Yes, Aini you can do it!!! Hehehe…*