Hi all, since u are in the topic of breastfeeding, just to share with you wat I learnt from a lactation consultant.

For successful breatsfeeding, avoid these foods as it will reduce your milk supply: Broccoli, cabbage, guava and black beans (the type you use to cook soup - confinement ladies like to cook this because apparently it is good to have this during confinement, but it is doing harm in reducing your breast milk supply!)

To make sure you have a lot of milk supply, you must drink 3 litres of water a day (including soups).
One soup that can help increase supply - use green and young papaya, boil with red dates for 2 hours. Then put in fish head and boil until the soup turns thick. Very fishy smell but really increases my milk supply.
For dessert, try red bean and lily buds cooked in brown sugar.
Also during confinement, drink a lot of red dates water and warm water.
Important thing is have enough rest, and don't keep thinking that you don't have enough milk. Your brain plays a part in providing the psychological effect to your body.

Your body produces double the amount of milk around midnight to 1am. Try to breastfeed directly to your baby during this time.
Throughout the day, you must directly breastfeed your baby in 4 hours interval. Best is, feed on one side and pump the other side. Don't be lazy during night time!

I've been doing this and my baby is now 5 weeks old and I've even accumulated quite a number of expressed breast milk in the freezer.

To all the mommies out there and mommy to be, don't give up!