Some Recipes Nursing Mothers May LikeNothing is better at increasing your milk supply than FREQUENTLY NURSING your baby directly at the breast and also being CONFIDENT that your body is able to provide all the nutrition that your baby needs.However, the recipes here may actually help you in some way mainly because they help improve your blood circulation & energy levels. Having a nice drink may also help you RELAX. These are all important factors to "making milk" for your precious baby. The recipes I am sharing with you are the ones I have used myself - probably not so much as to increase milk supply, but mainly because I find them so tasty! Try them and let me know if you like them!
RED DATES TEA 8 stoned red dates
Rinse everything and put in a crockpot (slow cooker). Put in boiling water to 3/4 full (~1.25litres of water). Simmer for about 2 to 3 hrs. Usually I put in everything (except I use cool tap water) at night before I go to bed. In the morning, it is fragrant & ready! Sieve the tea to drink throughout the day. Can drink as often as you wish.
PAPAYA SOUP 1 white fish tail or fish
bones or fish meat ~ about 1kg
Heat oil & fry ginger slices, then fry fish in oil until brown. Then put all ingredients into the slow cooker and simmer for about 2 to 3 hrs - generally until the soup smells really fragrant. Then enjoy the drink! Another way that my Mother-in-Law
swears by - she says that's what the lactating mothers in her Village (in
Guangzhou China) cook, is just to put "Bak Zao Yu" (Dried Octopus?) instead
of the fish. Then all you need to do is to rinse all ingredients &
put in slow cooker. My MIL also says to use really RAW papaya (when the
sap is still "dripping" - now where would I find that, huh?).
FILIPINO SAYOTE CHICKEN SOUP (Learnt this recipe from a Filipino Mother. Adding the Sayote to an otherwise ordinary Chicken Soup seems to make it really sweet & delicious!) 1 Sayote (or "Choyate" -
can even buy from NTUC supermarket or wet markets), cut into cubes.
Put all ingredients into
the crockpot with Hot water and simmer for at least 2 hours. I also
like to use this soup for chicken macaroni - then the older kids can also
have a meal of it!
TIGER'S MILK This recipe was obtained from the Pumping Mothers' Mailing List that I subscribe to. 1/2 cup frozen undiluted
orange juice (or any fresh fruit, a couple of bananas, peaches, blueberries,
strawberries),
Blend all the above in a blender. Add: 3/4 cup instant powdered
skim milk,
Stir above mixture in 2-3 cups skim milk. Drink at least 1/2 cup at a time, at least 4 times a day. (Brewer's Yeast is available at health food and natural stores. Also some pharmacies and grocery stores) I haven't tried it myself. Why not try it yourself and see? One mother on my Asia Parents' List had this comment: "I've tried making this once. Not bad tasting, but I only drank for two days. Still cannot see the difference. I think you have to drink many days in order to see the result. For me, enough sleep makes much more difference." Some mothers also say that eating flavourful foods that contain lots of spices (like in Curries), garlic, ginger, etc. seems to help. You might also want to read about the effects of the culinary spice (commonly used in Indian Curries) "Fenugreek - Overlooked but Not Forgotten" on breastmilk production. BACK TO PREGNANCY & CONFINEMENT RECIPES
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