To increase your milk supply, you should always try to remove the milk completely from your breasts. You should do this quickly and often so that less milk builds up in your breasts between feedings.
To better empty your breasts, follow these tips:
- Use breast massage and compression.
- Offer your baby both breasts at each nursing.
- Pump after nursing if your baby does not remove all the milk from your breasts. Your breasts will soften when the milk is removed. If the baby empties your breasts, then you can pump to remove milk and increase milk production between nursing sessions.