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Breast-feeding and pumping: 7 tips for success
2. Pump often
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1. Relax
2. Pump often and effectively
3. When you're with your baby, breast-feed on demand
4. Avoid or limit formula feedings
5. Drink plenty of fluids
6. Don't smoke
7. Take good care of yourself
4. Avoid or limit formula feedings
Formula feedings will reduce your baby's demand for breast milk, which will lower your milk production. To maintain your milk supply, it's important to pump anytime your baby has a feeding of formula or expressed breast milk.
Remember, the more you breast-feed your baby or pump while you're apart, the more milk you'll produce. You might also pump extra milk — either after or between breast-feeding sessions — and freeze it for future use.
