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Breast milk is the best gift a mother can give to her baby.Furthermore, breast milk is considered the most expensive liquid in the world. Currently, the market price for an ounce (30 ml) of milk is around USD1 – 2.50 (RM4.29 to RM10.72). I am not here to discuss the blooming market of breast milk. For the sake of our babies’ health, mothers will work their ways to supply more milk. Here are my 10 milk booster tips and tricks

#1 Frequent Direct Latch

After I gave birth to baby Chen, I have been trying hard to exclusively pump milk for him. During the first 2 months, he often scream when I want to direct latch him. Luckily, he finally learn to latch on me for milk.

#2 Drink More Waters

I drank 4 litres of water per day to ensure enough milk supply.

#3 Drink High Protein Soup

Fish soup, toufu soup and papaya soup work the wonder

#4 Drink Fruit Juices

I often drink apple beetroot juice, guava juice, carrot milk juice on weekend as milk booster

#5 Adequate Quality Sleep

Weekend mean nap time for me. Mr Ang will take care baby Chen for me

#6 Eat Lactation Cookies

Previously, I ordered lactation cookies and brownies from Mom More Milk. After some time, I decided to bake it with my mother. It is very simple recipe to bake. My mother will bake it on weekend. I will eat it in the office

#7 Correct Mindset

Meditation help me to produce more milk. I just focus on chanting “MORE MILK”, “May my family be well and happy”.

#8 Watch Drama While Pumping

Surprisingly, this tricks work for many breastfeeding mother. In my case, I tried out different drama to see the result.

Average milk volume per session	Drama genre	Example
90ml	America Drama	West world, CSI
100ml	Korea Sad Drama	Seo-Young, My Drama
120ml	Korea Pop Drama, Chinese Drama	The Descendant of Sun, Princess Wei Yang
140ml	Japan Drama	Gorume Doramas

I know it sound bizarre. Who care as long you can produce enough milk for your baby.

#9 Eat Overnight Oat

Overnight oat is my supper. I eat overnight oat around 10pm. Thus, I can produce 200 ml + milk around 3am to 4am

#10 Power Pumping

Power pumping is a technique to mimic a baby drinking habit.

Share with me your milk booster tips and tricks at the comment area below.

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I received some donated milk for my baby. Thus, I used different brands of milk storage bag. However, there is less milk storage bags review in Malaysia or Singapore. Here is my personal review of milk storage bag.

Different type of milk storage bags in Malaysia

Milk Storage Bag Review

No	Brand	Pro	Con	Best for
1	Pigeon	convenient lay flat for better space-efficiency	no seam line hard to pour don't stand well	Reliable
2	Jungle Jingle	big storage wide seam line convenient lay flat for better space-efficiency	higher price	Freezing
3	Honey Suckle	big storage wide seam line convenient lay flat for better space-efficiency	higher price	Freezing
4	Autumnz	big storage cheap convenient lay flat for better space-efficiency	plastic smell	Value
5	Milk Planet	wide seam line rubbery feel convenient lay flat for better space-efficiency	medium price range	Value
6	Philips Avent	good quality no leakage convenient lay flat for better space-efficiency	higher price hard to pour	Reliable
7	Tiny Touch	light weight convenient lay flat for better space-efficiency	medium price range don't stand well	High capacity storage
8	Sun Num	air-tight convenient lay flat for better space-efficiency	medium price range don't stand well	High capacity storage

Milk storage bags with wide seam line are easier to pour

Milk storage bags with more flexible texture have higher milk storage capacity. They have different shape label near the opening too.

My personal preference is Milk Planet storage bag because

It has a dotted line at the opening. It is very easy to tear open neatly
It can stand
The volume capacity is high
cute doodle on the bag