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Mom of a 4 yr 2 m old boy3 years ago
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I am a Mom of 4 month old. Feeding my kid with formula and breast milk. I have a lactation issue from the beginning. I was not lactating after birth, baby had formula for 3 days. Then I started to lactate after that. Since my baby is born premature, doctor advised to continue formula for his weight gain. So i do breast feeding as well as formula feed. he will not be satisfied with my milk. he feels full only after formula feed. I was lactating around 60 ml on both breast. But now it even reduced to 30 ml. He refuses to suck my breast and cries a lot. I am taking shatavari, lactare capsules. No use, am so worried since everyone says immunity of my baby depends on breast feeding. Please suggest for lactating more.

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ExpertDr Bandana JoshiAyurvedic Physician3 years ago
A. Nothing to worry as since four months you have breast fed the baby and even formula fed babies have good immunity so don’t worry about his nutrition and if baby is gaining weight then it’s absolutely fone
SindhuMom of 2 children3 years ago
A. Hi Lovely Mother!! It is absolutely fine if you supply is less. The more you stress the less the supply becomes. So relax. You can give formula also as per demand of baby and then slowly work on things to boost your supply. I did the same and now I am exclusively breast feeding. First one and half month i gave both formula and breast milk. For me, Homeo medicines and few food items like Sabudana porridge, Sabudana soup(by boiling water and adding sabudana powder and giving it a boil), buttermilk helped. Have lots and lots of water, Atleast 4-5 lts per day. And most importantly stop stressing.
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