The Ideal Breastfeeding Set Up: Supply = Demand
Mom SUPPLIES the milk
- Ideally, milk comes in before your baby loses more than 10% of birth weight.
- Ideally, you make enough milk for your baby to gain 1oz per day by drinking just breastmilk.
Baby DEMANDs the milk
- Ideally, your baby is able to remove enough milk from the breasts to gain 1oz per day.
- Ideally, your baby will empty your breasts regularly. This will bring milk in, increase it, and maintain it.
Getting empty brings your milk in, increases your supply, & then maintains your supply for as long as you breastfeed (ideally).
Kay Anderson MD, IBCLC
5/23