Use milk thistle seeds to make a tea and drink a few cups every day. The name pretty much screams use me for milk supply!!! Okay…maybe not the thistle part, but obviously the milk part of the name makes this an easy herb to remember for breastfeeding. Here is where you can purchase organic fennel seed to add into a nursing tea. It can help increase your milk supply and may even help calm a gassy tummy if your little one is suffering from that, although I don’t know how much of the fennel benefits your baby will actually receive via breastmilk. I didn’t know about this herb until baby number 5, but now I always include it in my nursing tea. Here is where you can purchase organic fenugreek seeds for tea, organic fenugreek powder (to fill empty capsules like these), and ready to use, already filled organic fenugreek capsules. You can make a tea from the seeds and drink it a few times each day, but the most common way to take fenugreek is in capsule form which makes things a bit easier and you don’t have to worry about taste. It is the fenugreek seeds that are particularly beneficial for milk supply. Incidentally, this is the herb that my doctor told me “some women try” (hindsight is 20/20 as they say). If you ask nursing mama’s what to take to increase your milk supply, fenugreek is sure to be a common answer. This is the big ticket item in the breastfeeding world. So if you are pregnant make sure to double check on if the herb you are considering is safe for you. Another example would be pregnancy, as some herbs are not safe while you are pregnant such as fenugreek and blessed thistle. Most people will be just fine talking them but you never know…for example, fenugreek is apparently a pea plant just like peanuts and chickpeas so people with peanut allergies may want to skip that herb. As with all things in the natural remedy world, make sure to read up on these herbs to make sure there are no contradictions for you personally. What were these herbs that I used to help my milk supply? Below, I’m going to share some herbs that are great for helping you on your breastfeeding journey. I was using those herbs already so I didn’t necessarily start them for breastfeeding but it was like a great two for one deal in that while I was using the herbs for one reason, I got the breastfeeding package thrown in as well. Part of that is probably due to the fact that supposedly your body just gets better at things as you have more babies, but the other reason I think I had such easy times with my last two babies is because I already was using certain herbs that naturally help milk supply. It was a lot of work but guess what, I successfully exclusively breastfed my daughter!īabies number four and five, turned out to be rather easy to breastfeed. I saw a lactation consultant and immediately started herbs. When she arrived, breastfeeding was difficult. So before she was born, I started devouring information on all things nursing. I knew that I would have issues with breastfeeding and that if I wanted to exclusively breastfeed, I was really going to have to get my butt into gear. Sometimes you have to go through the bad to get to the good. Nothing wrong with that of course, but had I known about the herbs that can increase your milk supply, I could have skipped the supplements! I promise there’s a good part to my breastfeeding journey! It’s coming. I was able to breastfeed him, but I didn’t make quite enough so we just supplemented with formula. On to baby number two! With my second born things went a bit easier. At one point, the doctor mentioned an herb that “some women use” but the way she talked about it made it sound too crazy for me. Turns out he was tongue tied, but by the time we figured it out it was just too late for my supply. I tried pumping and medicine and lay in sessions.

I had my first son and we started breastfeeding, but it was a nightmare. My breastfeeding journey started with my first baby (as all breastfeeding journeys do). I’ll explain all about how herbs can help you on your breastfeeding journey in just a bit, but first I want to share a bit of my story…or stories, I should say, seeing as I’ve had multiple babies now. Herbs? Yes, herbs that benefit breastfeeding. Sometimes you have to go hunting for herbs that help benefit breastfeeding.

Sometimes breastfeeding is difficult. Sometimes you have to put extra work into it. You have a baby and instantly your body starts gears in motion to help you feed your little one.

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