For mothers who are interested in supplementing your newborn from the start, you can also read Dr. Brian Symon's guide to early supplemented breastfeeding
until full milk production.
If you're pumping because your baby is preterm or too sick to breastfeed, or because you have chosen to exclusively pump, follow these tips to reach and
maintain full milk production.
By the same token, if only one breast was affected by surgery, usually a breast biopsy or lumpectomy,
full milk production is more likely.
Once you've been treated and the remaining pieces of the retained placenta are removed,
full milk production can begin, and you should see an increase in your breast milk supply.
This stage of
full milk production begins about the 9th day and lasts until the end of breastfeeding.
When moms reach
their full milk production stage then most of them maintain their supply of milk by pumping 6 - 7 times in a day.
If you need to express your milk frequently, or if you are separated from your infant for a prolonged period of time, you may need a hospital - grade electric breast pump to maintain
full milk production.
If your baby is truly sensitive to lactose, which again is hard to diagnose at 1 week since
your full milk production was most likely not in completely, simply cutting dairy out of your diet, and soy, would allow you to still breastfeed.