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NoDoctor's answer:
Here are some methods to increase milk production:1. Let the baby suck the nipple more often.
2. Pay attention to a pleasant mood after childbirth. Mental stimulation and joy can promote the increase of prolactin levels in the body, thereby helping milk to increase more quickly.
3. Massage the breasts by covering both breasts with a warm, damp towel before feeding. Gently massage the nipples and areolas in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction for 10–15 minutes. This massage can relieve breast fullness and promote milk production.
4. Eat lactogenic foods. Some foods can help increase milk production. Here are some lactogenic dietary recipes to try:
Crucian Carp Soup
500 grams of fresh crucian carp, scaled and cleaned, cooked with 6 grams of prepared. Eat the fish and drink the soup, twice a day, for 3–5 days. Crucian carp can harmonize the stomach, replenish deficiency, leach moisture, warm the middle, and regulate qi, with the effects of reducing swelling, promoting diuresis, and lactation. Prepared can promote milk flow and works well with crucian carp, but the soup should be consumed lightly.