Oatmeal to increase milk supply?

[daisymommy]

I know I have read that eating oatmeal can help increaease your milk supply. I recently told a friend who is nursing about this, and she wants to know, can it be the instant flavored kind? Or does it have to be old fashioned long-cooking oats?

[houseof3boys]

It's the old fashioned oatmeal kind.

There's lots of info on the web but here are two sites that came up first in the search for her to read....

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/oatmeal.html
http://lactinv.com/increasing_your_milk_supply.htm

[gisele]

It also doesn't have to be a bowl in the morning. Many moms make oatmeal cookies and eat them throughout the day. Esp when they are sick of eating regular oatmeal, or don't like it.

[C99]

I think it's any oatmeal. I only eat the instant-flavored kind and it's helped my supply.

[votre_ami03]

I ate (devoured) it in the form of my mom's oatmeal raisin cookies. ;) Worked for me & I love oatmeal cookies.


Christy, mommy to Nolan 7/22/03

[houseof3boys]

Hmmm, this site among a few others said NOT instant.

That's cool that it worked for you though!!!

http://lactinv.com/increasing_your_milk_supply.htm

[Momof3Labs]

I've also heard that instant doesn't work.