Drinks that boost breast milk after birth

Momby shares some drinks that help improve the quality of breast milk below!

• Boiled water, cooled: Drinking plenty of warm water helps milk flow better; spread your fluid intake evenly through the day so your body never becomes dehydrated.
• Fruit juice: Fruit juice makes breast milk tastier and provides vitamins and minerals for you and your baby. However, avoid very sweet fruit so you don't take in too much sugar. Also drink it in moderation; too much fruit juice can upset your stomach, cause heartburn and reduce your appetite.
• Warm milk: You can drink a glass of warm milk 30 minutes before breastfeeding.
• Drinks made from grains, seeds and legumes: Mung beans, oats, soya beans, chia seeds, flaxseeds… help add fat and minerals to breast milk.

However, you should not rely too much on milk-boosting foods.

• To have plenty of milk, breastfeed your baby often and correctly to stimulate the milk-making and let-down reflexes.
• If you cannot breastfeed directly, express your milk so your breasts don't stay full, which suppresses milk production.
• Even if you eat all the right foods, if you don't breastfeed often you won't make enough milk for your baby and may still end up with low supply or lose your milk.

References:

Vnexpress.vn

Hongngochospital.vn