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Dear doctor, My wife (29 years old) gave birth to baby boy 12 days before. But still milk secretion is not much as possible literally 20 ml only secreting per day. And baby born by caesarian only that too 37th week .he is 2.1 kg only. Is there any foods to boost mother milk secretion. Kindly advice. Thanking you in advance.
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Thank you for posting query. Congratulations for the proud parents. This is a time were in a mother needs lot of emotional support andbrelaxation engourage mother to try and feed every second hourly its a nature were in body understand change and requirement of child milk secretion will incrrase. Several foods include daily 10-12 almonds, good fluid intake near to 3-3.5lts, green leafy vegetables specially dilleaves include fennel seeds post each meal, garlic,zeera in her diet, ridge gaurd all these should be part of het diet make sure any atleast 2-3 ingredients should me must in her diet even a hand full of peanuts will help.
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