Low Milk Supply in One Breast? - Muskegon,MI

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I have this problem but it isn't a problem really. I start nursing sessions on that side every time. I have tried pumping more on that side but it doesn't help. Heck, even my son prefers the other side so even getting him to feed on that lower producing side is tough. We are going along just fine so I don't worry about it. I pump at work and nurse at home with no other issues. Good luck.

I was always told that it's normal for one side to produce more than the other.

Truthfully, I only noticed it when I was pumping. I could get more that twice out of one side than the other. But I think my kids could get about the same from each side. I'm really not sure about that. But it would make sense, as it is also quite common for baby to be more efficient than a pump.

The only thing I could really suggest is pumping that side more often so as to stimulate it and try to trick it into producing more. But it is perfectly normal.

Here is a good website that will tell you:)
http://www.babycenter.com/0_low-milk-supply_8487.bc

Pretty common.
When nursing, start the baby on the side with lower supply more often than the other side. That will give it some extra stimulation to encourage it to catch up (baby has a more vigorous suck for the first minute or two when really hungry).

With both kids, I had a very hard time BFing. So much so with my first that I made sure to get a lactation consultant immediately with my second. Ultimately, I gave up on my right breast - I tried hard to feed equally on both, but they could never latch or get as much on the right. I fed both kids for over a year, and by the end, I just fed on the left. Really didn't seem to matter for the kids or for my body.

Yep - with both my LOs (5 years total as a human cow =).

I always started nursing them on the weak side first to help encourage production.

Yep. Best thing to do is start nursing on that side. The baby will suck harder and your supply will increase over time. Once you get more "equal", switch back and forth at each feeding, alternating the "starting side".

It worked for me. My right was lower than my left but starting on the right side got fuller.