How to increase milk supply

Breastfeeding sometimes can be challenging even if you have done it before.

I highly recommend this book Mother Food for information about how to increase your milk supply.It is a well-written ,thoroughly researched book.The author lists herbs,oils,seeds and other lactogenic foods and even mentions about how to lose weight by lowering insulin resistance.

For me,what finally worked to increase supply was Mother's Milk Tea.It has a warm taste and you can sweeten it or make ice tea with it by adding a bag of black tea while brewing,if you don't like the taste of this tea alone.

Other than that,by eating lower carb clean foods,and by increasing fats,I found my supply increased.In some mothers with insulin resistance,low supply issues are resolved by lowering the insulin resistance.It took me a while to figure out this was the issue,and my baby wasn't gaining weight or pooping after coming from the hospital,which was quite a concern for us and her doctor.Of course,frequent feedings is the only way you can establish a good supply.Once I started adding more fats in my diet and adding oatmeal,my supply increased and baby started gaining weight,and pooping regularly  too.

Here are a few stuff I added to my diet that increased my supply:
plenty of protein like salmon,lamb,chicken,eggs
beets,carrots,cabbage,spinach,collard greens
seeds like sesame,flaxmeal and nuts
liberal use of olive oil and coconut oil for cooking and of course the oatmeal recipe that I posted here: scrambled oats

Frequent pumping when baby is not feeding also helps build supply.It takes a good 6-8 weeks to establish your milk,so don't get disheartened.Please check out the La Leche website if you have more concerns:
Breastfeeding Concerns

http://kellymom.com/ is also very helpful.