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Go Deeper: Understanding Low Supply

IBCLC Avery Young

If you’re worried about your milk supply, the hardest part is often the uncertainty. Feeding can feel unpredictable. Your baby may feed often, take long feeds, have short feeds, or become fussy in the evenings. Pumping output may not match the effort you’re putting in. It can be difficult to tell what’s normal, what matters, and whether something actually needs to change.

Milk supply isn’t something you can identify from a single sign. Being told to pump more, supplement right away, or assume your body isn’t working often adds confusion rather than clarity, and can make you doubt your whole feeding experience. 

Understanding what low supply actually means — and what it doesn’t — is what helps things start to make sense.

 

Inside this 36 min. Go Deeper video, we talk through:

  • What it actually means when milk production is low — and what it doesn’t
  • How to look at weight gain, feeding behavior, and pumping output together
  • Why frequent, long, or short feeds don’t automatically signal a problem
  • How cluster feeding and normal development can look like a supply issue
  • When supply can improve — and when sustainability matters more than pushing harder

By the end, you’ll have a clearer picture of what you’re seeing — and more confidence deciding what makes sense to do next for you and your baby.

 

Watch the Video:
Understanding Low Supply

 
 
 
 
 
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Want something specific? Here’s a general timeline of the recorded session.

  • 00:00 – What low supply actually means
    How low supply is defined, what can mask it, and why sustainability matters
  • ~02:00 – How to tell if supply is actually low
    Using weight gain, transfer, and feeding patterns together
  • ~05:00 – Feeding patterns that raise questions
    Long feeds, short feeds, frequent feeds, and what they can (and can’t) tell you
  • ~10:00 – Cluster feeding vs. low supply
    Why developmental phases often look like a supply problem
  • ~12:00 – Supplements, food, and milk production
    Insulin resistance, herbs, and why there’s no universal “make more milk” fix
  • ~27:00 – Pumping and sustainability
    When pumping supports supply — and when it increases stress instead
  • ~33:00 – Feeding relationships with low supply
    Bonding, flexibility, and choosing a feeding path that works for you
 
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