The way to recover milk after 12 days is to increase the frequency and duration of breastfeeding, stimulate the breasts through breast pumps, and maintain a good work routine.
1. Increase the frequency and duration of breastfeeding: the baby’s sucking is the most effective stimulation of the breast, which can effectively promote breast lactation, so increase the frequency and duration of breastfeeding is the most important means of recovering the milk, to ensure that the frequency of breastfeeding 8-12 times a day, bilateral breastfeeding can be stimulated to stimulate the breast, increase the amount of lactation.
2. Stimulate breasts through breast pumps and other means: Studies show that nighttime is the peak of lactogen secretion, so it is beneficial to increase breast stimulation at night, which can be done through the baby’s sucking, breast pumps or breast massage, etc. When the baby is not willing to suck, it can also be used to suck out the milk through the breast pump to increase lactation.
3. Maintain a good routine: lack of sleep, low mood, improper nutritional intake may affect the amount of lactation, so you also need to do daily to maintain a happy mood, to ensure adequate sleep, to ensure adequate protein and water intake.
If there is no significant increase in milk production through the above methods, you can seek the help of a medical professional.