A lot of people have been sending me a message about how to build a breastmilk stash. To be honest, as a first time mom, it’s all about learning from scratch. But thankfully for the last year I was able to make a stage, stored more than a 1000 bags, fed baby Top, donated to a lot of babies and continue to build my stash for Top and more babies. So I’m thankful and grateful to God that I was able to gather at least 345,600 ML of liquid gold!!
So how did I do it?
Hydrate! I drink 4L of water daily
Exercise - endorphins make us happy so I do light at least 5 min exercises daily but mostly do 5000 steps at least daily
Supplements
Legendairy - sunflower lecithin - my doctor told me this is what his wife took to prevent mastitis, so I take 2 pills a day.
Legendairy Liquid Gold - contains a blend of powerful organic ingredients designed to optimize breast milk production. Goat's rue has a long-standing reputation for supporting a healthy milk supply in dairy animals and humans while milk thistle and shatavari are also traditionally used for added lactation support.
Milk Thistle - I used to take the tea version before. They say it can help but I only took a few bags and once I ran out I stopped especially since my milk regulated
Brewers Yeast - I read about this and decided to take it especially since it’s a galactagogue. I used to eat cookies but then decided to take this as pills since it’s easier to take
Malunggay - the holy grail of all, I believe this can help a lot. Mega Malunggay is the brand I take, 2 capsules every 4 hours or I take it all at once - a total of 6 capsules
Pump schedule - you need to stick with a pump schedule so I discovered a pump schedule that worked well for me.
When Top was just born, I used to wake up in the wee hours of the day to pump - then I realized that I was getting postpartum which is why I decided that I should sleep more. Then I had an epiphany that even if I delay my pumps to a later schedule, as long as I pump the same amount of time per day then it should work! So that’s what I did and until now, Top’s a year old - I still produce the same amount of milk.
My Pump Schedule
After giving birth
12am - 10 minutes
2am - 10 minutes
4am - 10 minutes
6am - 10 minutes
8am - POWER PUMP
Power pump schedule
20 minutes
Rest 10 minutes
10 min pump
Rest 10 minutes
10 min pump
10am - 10 minutes
12pm - 10 minutes
2pm - 10 minutes
4pm - 10 minutes
6pm - 10 minutes
8pm - 10 minutes
10pm - 10 minutes
When my milk regulated then I changed my schedule to:
12am - 10 minutes
2am - sleep
4am - sleep
6am - sleep
8am - POWER PUMP
Power pump schedule
20 minutes
Rest 10 minutes
10 min pump
Rest 10 minutes
10 min pump
10am - 10 minutes
12pm - 10 minutes
2pm - 10 minutes
4pm - 10 minutes
6pm - 10 minutes
8pm - 10 minutes
10pm - 10 minutes
And with this schedule I’m thankful I was able to produce more than 1000 bags. So I hope this helps.
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