Making More Milk Review

I am deeply grateful to this book. Making More Milk is a must read not only for women experiencing supply issues, but to any woman who values breastfeeding. I found it incredibly easy to read. It offers tons of practical advice. There were things in the book that I had been debating on for myself, and I needed someone to give practical information to spell it out for me.
You’ll have to read the book to benefit fully from the information in it, but there are a couple of points that I really liked which I will now summarize.
From this book, I learned how breastfeeding works, which unfortunately is not common knowledge in our society. I learned how the breast functions and what type of things are critical to have a successful milk supply. Making More Milk stresses the importance of breastfeeding and allows the reader to understand what a truly awesome substance breast milk really is. Women who have low milk supplies often work extremely hard to breastfeed. It would be all to easy to get frustrated and give up. This book is encouraging in that it gives great insight to reasons why milk production can be low and ways to raise production.
This book encouraged me to try something called breast compressions, something I had previously been uninterested in. I sat down and tried it for the first time with my pump to see if it really made a difference. And boy, it did! I was sitting there laughing as more milk than usual squirted into my pump. What a joyful experience! For more info on how to perform breast compressions, check out my website http://www.theholisticparent.org/.
Another part of the book that I found really important gave information on how to determine if an infant really needed supplementing. This is a delicate decision for most parents. The book gives weight guidelines, feeding guidelines, information on how to tell how much milk you are producing, and much more. I found this information invaluable.
My favorite chapter dealt with how to supplement without losing your milk supply. This has been a constant struggle to balance since my daughter was born. This book doesn’t necessarily fix all the problems, but it gives great insight on how I can work to fix them. In essence, I am now able to make sure I am doing the right things to fix the issues.
There were a few things however that I did not agree with in this book. This book states that it is not safe nor a good idea to share milk informally. I have researched this topic in depth as it was the only way my daughter was going to get enough milk due to a past surgery. There is definitely a cultural stigma to it, and I’ll admit it took about a month for me to wrap my mind around it. While irresponsible milk sharing can be unsafe, it is still possible that with the proper knowledge responsible milk sharing can be very safe. Milk that is safe for one baby is generally safe for another. I have an entire section dedicated to this on my website.
I also did not agree with the authors’ assertion that dehydration does not affect milk production. The authors admittedly state that severe hydration can affect milk production, but not mild dehydration that most people in our population would be suffering from. I have not researched this in the extent that the authors probably have, but with myself, I have noticed that even the tiniest amount of dehydration plays a major role. For me, it is the difference between my baby latching well and draining all the milk from the breast or being too impatient to latch. For me, it is a huge deal. This may not affect all women, but please make sure you drink enough water. You should not be thirsty throughout the day and your urine should be clear by the end of the day.

There is a website that goes along with the book called http://www.lowmilksupply.org/.
If you’re interested in purchasing this book, here is the link to amazon.com where it is sold.The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk: Foreword by Martha Sears, RN (Breastfeeding Mothers Guide)


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