If you're
producing less milk because oxytocin is in short supply, relaxation is key.
Not exact matches
If that then flows through to lower prices at the farm gate, then all that will happen is that there will be
less milk sold,
because there will be
less milk produced.
Also,
because you end up giving him
less of your
milk, your supply will dwindle and you will lose your ability to
produce milk from your breasts.
The more you delay nursing or pumping, the
less milk your body will
produce because the overfilled breast sends the signal that you must need
less milk.
The last couple of days I've only been getting
less than an ounce of
milk and decided to stop pumping
because I was barely
producing milk and thought my
milk was drying up but now I'm having second thoughts and would like to try again.
That means
less breast
milk because mama's breasts aren't being stimulated to
produce more.
Because the pump is slower, your body thinks your baby doesn't need as much
milk and
produces less as a result.
The
less often your baby feeds, the
less milk your breasts will
produce because your body assumes your baby doesn't need any more
milk.
When
less milk is released from the
milk making cells, the body then
produces less because it think it needs
less, and your supply could drop.
Your currently breastfeeding child may notice
because this
milk will taste differently and your body will
produce less of it.
Because breastfeeding entails giving baby
milk with natural ingredients
produced by the mother, this makes it
less likely for the baby to get certain ingredients that can contribute to obesity in adulthood.
Because you are
producing your own
milk, you are spending
less on formula.
You have BF mothers stressed and worked up (and probably
less able to
produce milk) and those who were at the beginning stages, neither formula or breast activists, simply trying to find help and information, losing
milk supply, finding themselves in the category of those who think they couldn't breastfeed
because they weren't supported but rather lost their supply in the battle to recruit them!
If you've been breastfeeding around the clock, the extra sleep might mean that you start to
produce a little
less milk, which is FINE
because six months is also the age when...
For example, even though cheese is # 3 on the carbon footprint list,
less - dense cheese is slightly better than harder cheese
because it takes
less milk to
produce.