Newborn babies are known to feed every hour or two to stay healthy.

Breastfeeding is the natural way to nurture or feed an infant in the early stages of his development, immediately after birth. It is so important that the World Health Organization (WHO) has directed that babies should be fed exclusively on breast milk for the first 6 months without introducing other fluids or solids.

Refusing to breastfeed your baby at infancy is usually responsible for the following conditions in babies

• SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, also known as Cot Death
• Gastrointestinal infections
• Respiratory infections
• Ear infections
• Necrotising Enterocolitis or NEC in premature babies
• Sepsis in premature babies
• Dental malocclusions or imperfect positioning of the teeth when the jaws are closed
• Overweight and obesity
• Lower IQ

In the mother, it could lead to

• Breast cancer
• Ovarian cancer

However, because of the baby's daily needs for adequate breast milk, it is not unusual to experience low supply days - or times when the quantity of milk produced is lower than is needed to satisfy the baby.

There are other factors that could be responsible for low breast milk supply. Some have been identified below

• Poor latching. Your baby may not be latching very well o your nipple. This affects the quantity of breast milk ejected. Most times, your body produces more milk to meet the baby's demands. You can train your baby to latch properly
• Excessive blood loss or retained fragments of the placenta during childbirth can either delay or affect breast milk supply immediately after delivery
• A medical history of poly-cystic ovarian syndrome, diabetes, thyroid or other hormonal disorders can cause low breast milk supply
• Medical conditions like mammary hypoplasia, though very rare, can also be responsible for low breast milk supply
• Past breast surgeries have some impact, too. However, many women in this category have successfully breastfed their babies
• Other factors like scheduling breastfeeding times, not feeding the baby at night, supplementing breastfeeding with formula in the first few weeks after the baby's arrival, some birth control pills, etc can all lead to low breast milk supply

Where necessary, please, seek medical advise.

How do you know you are low on breast milk supply? Some very critical ones have been identified below

• Poor weight gain
• Insufficient wet or dirty nappies.
• Dehydration. 

Where any of the above signs become a source of concern for you and the health of the baby, please, seek medical advise.

Yes. Throughout the ages, people have used herbs for one purpose or the other. One of such is for boosting breast milk supply in women. Enter the Lactation Tea!

But Why Do You Need Lactation Tea?

Obviously, it's because you need to boost breast milk supply.

Are you a working class mother?

There are also times you would love to express some milk for the baby before going to work. This can prove difficult and painful when the production of breast milk is low.

This where the lactation tea comes to serve as a bail out!

Our Organic Nursing and Lactation tea is packed to help in boosting the daily production of quality milk for the baby. That's not all.

The various fruit herbs blended in the pack have varying health benefits like

• Regulating blood pressure
• Controlling blood sugar
• Enhancing skin health, and several others

Most of the fruits blended together are also a rich source of vitamin C, fiber, calcium, and antioxidants. By implication, the tea goes a long way to keep the mother and child healthy and fit.

These herbs, packed with vitamins and minerals, have supported lactating women through the ages.

Consumed as herbal tea, they provide a daily supportive action for the body, whilst also allowing an exercise that enhances mum's emotional well-being.

Sometimes a cup of tea really can change the day!

Supporting lactation, promoting a healthy milk flow and ensuring baby is digesting comfortably can all be achieved through the benefits of the right blend of herbal tea.

Breastfeeding is about so much more than milk, it’s about a healthy and beautiful connection that sees both mother and child thrive together.

So pop the kettle on and have a cup of tea – it’s a ceremony with the most natural and gentle of benefits, for both baby and you.

The tea is 100% natural and contains no chemical.

Our organic lactation tea for nursing mothers is specially prepared to help moms who are low on breast milk production to improve on their output.

It's caffeine-free and Fenugreek-free and, as such, has no side-effects on the baby.

Ingredients

This Organic Nursing and Lactation Tea is, as the name indicates, 100% organic and a fine blend of the following fruit herbs.

• Arillus Longan - Actions: Strengthen heart and spleen, nourish blood to induce tranquilization
• Fructus Lycii - Actions: Nourish liver and kidney yin, supplement blood and essence, improve vision
• Fructus Chaenomelis - Actions: Dispel wind-damp, sooth tendons and activate collaterals, resolve dampness for harmonizing stomach
• Fructus Jujubae - Actions: Tonify qi and spleen, noursih blood and induce tranquilization
• Flos Lonicerae - Actions: Clear heat and remove toxicity, disperse wind-heat, clear summer-heat
• Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae - Actions: Promote of qi, arrest vomiting, dry dampness and resolve phlegm
• Semen Persicae - Actions: Activate blood and resolve stasis, moisten intestine and relax bowel, stop cough and relieve dyspnea
• Mulberry - Actions: Tonify the liver and kidney, nourish yin and blood, promote the secretion of saliva and moisten dryness
• Padix Platycodi - Actions: Ventilate lung, dispel phlegm, relieve sore throat, expel pus
  
  *qi is the Chinese word for energy or strength

• You are not lactating at all. First consult with your doctor or lactation consultant
• You adopted the baby. In this case, it might work so long as there was a conception prior to the adoption. That is, not long before the adoption. However, where there was no conception at all, this would be difficult
• You are looking for a quick-fix. Usually, it takes up to a week to start seeing results. In some cases, 3 days. Your body metabolism could also play a key role here. In such cases, patience and diligence is required.  

"While breastfeeding may not seem the right choice for every parent, it is the best choice for every baby.” - Amy Spangler