Establishing Your Milk Supply

Submit your question and we’ll answer it in a future episode! Join our Patreon Community! https://www.patreon.com/badassbreastfeedingpodcast This week’s episode is also brought to you by Nursing Queen; stylish nursing clothes that will make your life easier and that you’ll want to wear long after your nursing days are over. How can you be sure to establish a good milk supply after your baby is born? Listen in today as Dianne and Abby discuss establishing a good milk supply, things to watch for that may interfere with establishing a good supply and some things you can do to help. If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you. Please consider leaving us a review on iTunes or sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to [email protected]. You can also add your email to our list and have episodes sent right to your inbox! Things we talked about: In pregnancy [7:01] 24-72 hours after delivery [10:20] The more you feed, the more milk you will make [12:18] Prolactin and oxytocin [13:40] Endocrine control and autocrine control [16:57] 8-12 feeds in 24 hours is a baseline [20:00] Taking care of you [25:52] Things that can interfere with establishing a supply [26:38] Things you can do [30:40] Links to information we discussed or episodes you should check out! https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/survival-guide-for-the-4th-trimester/ https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/delayed-onset-low-milk-supply/ Set up your consultation with Dianne https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/consultations/ Check out Dianne’s blog here: https://diannecassidyconsulting.com/milklytheblog/ Follow our Podcast: https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com Here is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby: AbbyTheuring ,https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com Dianne Cassidy @diannecassidyibclc, http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.com Music we use: Music: Levels of Greatness from We Used to Paint Stars in the Sky (2012) courtesy of Scott Holmes at freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes