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Here is a link to some great info about low supply.

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/low-s
upply.html
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/2/t0228
00.asp
http://www.lowmilksupply.org/
Information
about mother’s milk, fenugreek, blessed thistle, etc.
http://www.kellymom.com/herbal/
milksupply/herbal_galactagogue.html

I
don't remember where I got this info but here is a little more. I hope this all helps!

What does the research tell us about increasing milk supply?

Milk is being produced at all times, with speed of production depending upon how empty the breast is. Milk collects in mom's breasts between feedings, so the amount of milk stored in the breast between feedings is greater when more time has passed since the last feed. The more milk in the breast, the slower the speed of milk production.

To speed milk synthesis and increase daily milk production, the key is to remove more milk from the breast and to do this quickly and frequently, so that less milk accumulates in the breast between feedings:

EMPTY BREAST = FASTER MILK PRODUCTION

In practice, this means that a mother who wishes to increase milk supply should aim to keep the breasts as empty as possible throughout the day.

To accomplish this goal and increase milk production:

1. Empty the breasts more frequently (by nursing more often and/or adding pumping sessions between nursing sessions)

2. Empty the breasts as thoroughly as possible at each nursing/pumping session.

To better empty the breasts:

Make sure baby is nursing efficiently.
Use breast massage and compression.
Offer both sides at each nursing; wait until baby is finished with the first side before offering the second. Switch nursing may be helpful if baby is not draining the breast well.
Pump after nursing if baby does not adequately soften both breasts. If baby empties the breasts well, then pumping is more useful if done between nursing sessions (in light of our goal to keep the breasts as empty as possible).
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