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for the dragon gifs post you reblogged, could you elaborate on your tags? as someone who loves speculative/fictional biology, id be interested in hearing how actual gliding wings would work for dragons, if youre okay with talking about it of course :]

Gosh, basically.... the whole wing shape is wrong for gliding

Firstly, a majority of the dragons' wings do not have any base to them. base being the membrane that should go down their side

By far the worst offender seems to be arrax here, but like. all of the dragons have NO membrane going from their arms down their sides, the only one who appears to have more normal wings is syrax

It's got more base to the wings so this gif looks slightly more natural to me but not by much

NOW,, my disclaimer. I am not an expert in aerodynamics. So I am just going off what I know personally

First off, the wing shape in most of these dragons is elliptical (like in sparrows) which is good for powered flight (flapping), and when they ARE flapping, it does look very good!! Very powerful strokes etc.

However, because they are missing that base at the wing, a lot of the energy of the downstroke would simply just escape. Wings in general work by "trapping" wind underneath them, by making the air on top roll by at a different speed than the air underneath and generate lift that way, but if there's nothing TO lift... then it won't work

Animals who actually glide all have very specialized wings for it.

Eagles, vultures, condors, etc: all of them have IMMENSE wings, and they almost cannot do powered flight (at least not on the same level that sparrows can), they rely a lot on updrafts

Their wings are all very wide, but very rectangular!! the base of their wings is basically the same width as the rest of the wing, generally

This is true as well for SEABIRDS which are all gliding experts. Seabirds have VERY not wide wings, but they make up for that in length, and this very specialized shape they have allows them to glide for literal WEEKS without needing to land

Basically, I suppose it's something of a tradeoff? Even in these birds the base is incredibly proportionate to the shape of their wings and body, and they depend on wind currents over the ocean specifically. They've evolved for that

alithographica has this VERY GOOD little chart of what different functions wings can perform depending on their shape

I personally think the got dragon's wings are incredibly disproportionate, looking at wings on any other animal it immediately stands out that a whole chunk of wing is simply... gone. For no good reason other than aesthetic I think

And besides the anatomical error, they don't have a clear purpose to their shape, they kinda do everything all the time and its jarring to see on otherwise incredibly designed creatures and its also an immense shame. It would have been so cool to see different dragons have different flying techniques (the only different one we get is caraxes with his wing legs, but from what ive seen)

#ask #anon #wings #long post #answering this asap because im fucking foaming at the mouth over wings #im so passionate about this no one in fucking fiction ever of any media of all time does wings correctly and it makes me explode and die #literally the first thing i always ever look at when theres new dragon media is the wing shape #if they get it right its an automatic 10 #PROPS TO GAME OF THRONES DRAGONS FOR HAVING THE PATAGIAL MEMBRANE THOUGH #THAT SHIT GETS NOT DRAWN OR ADDED TO CREATURES SO MUCH AND ITS SO HORRID TO SEE #BUT ITS SUCH A CRUCIAL DETAIL!!! I DONT UNDERSTAND!! WHY THE REST OF THE WING IS WRONG!!! IF THEY GOT THAT RIGHT!!!!#ITS LIKE GOING TO AN EXAM AND ACING THE EXTRA CREDIT AND HANDING THE REST IN BLANK #I DONT GET IT

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Appear the scorch: why do we cherish chilli?

Its not just about the aroma or even the sorenes. In this extract from his new volume, Bob Holmes discloses the pharmacology and psychology behind humanitys heat-seeking desire

Ive been postponing. On my breakfast nook table I have lined up three hot pepper: one habanero, flame-orange and lantern-shaped; one skinny little Thai chicks gaze chilli; and one relatively innocuous jalapeo, ogling by comparison like a big light-green zeppelin. My mission, should I choose to accept, is to eat them.

In ordinary life, Im at least moderately fond of hot pepper. My fridge has three kinds of salsa, a bottle of sriracha, and a container of Szechuan hot bean glue, all of which I use regularly. But Im not extreme: I pick the whole peppers out of my Thai curries and adjust them aside uneaten. And Im a habanero maiden. Its honour as the most wonderful pepper you can easily find in the convenience store has me a little bit unnerved, so Ive never cooked with one, let alone ate it neat. Still, if Im going to write about hot pepper, I ought to have firsthand suffer at the high discontinue of the compas. Plus, Im curious, in a vaguely spectator-at-my-own-car-crash road.

When people talk about flavor, they are generally places great importance on savor and bouquet. But theres a third major flavour sense, as well, one thats often overlooked: the physical perceptions of signature, temperature and sting. The blaze of chilli peppers is the most familiar precedent here, but there are others. Wine mavens speak of a wine-coloureds mouthfeel, a hypothesi that includes the puckery astringency of tannins something tea drunks likewise notice and the fullness of quality that commits figure to a wine. Gum chewers and peppermint devotees recognise the sentiments of minty coolness they get from their confections. And everyone knows the fizzy burn of carbonated drinks.

None of these sensations is a matter of fragrance or flavour. In fact, our third primary flavor feel wings so far under our radar that even flavour wonks havent agreed on a single appoint for it. Sensory scientists are apt to refer to it as chemesthesis, somatosensation, or trigeminal feel, each of which covers a slightly different subset of the feel, and nothing of which intend much at all to the rest of the world. The common theme, though, is that all of these whizs are actually manifestations of our sense of touch, and theyre surprisingly crucial to our experience of smell. Feeling, smell, touch the flavour trinity.

Sensory scientists have known for decades that chilli burn is something different from smell and stench something more like suffering. But the real breakthrough in understanding chilli shine came in 1997, when pharmacologist David Julius and his colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, eventually distinguished the receptor for capsaicin, the active ingredient in chilli heat. The chore demanded a lot of fortitude: Julius and his team took every gene active in sensory nerve cadres, which respond to capsaicin, and swapped them into cultured kidney cadres, which dont. Eventually, they found a gene capable of doing the kidney cells answer. The gene turned out to encoded a receptor eventually identified TRPV1, and enunciated trip-vee-one that is activated not just by capsaicin but likewise by dangerously red-hot temperatures. In other paroles, when you call a chilli pepper red-hot, thats not just an analogy as much as is your brain can tell, your opening really is being burned. Thats a experience , not a fragrance or flavor, and it delivers to the mentality through nerves that handle the sense of touch.

Like other touch receptors, TRPV1 receptors are received all over the inner layer of your scalp, where they warn you of shine peril from midsummer asphalt, cooking dishes straight-from-the-shoulder from the oven, and the like. But they can only gather up pepper scorch where the protective outer surface is thin enough to let capsaicin participate that is, in the mouth, sees, and a few other situates. This excuses the old Hungarian saying that good paprika flames twice.

Further measures showed that TRPV1 reacts not just to heat and capsaicin but to a variety of other hot meat, including black pepper and ginger. More lately, various more TRP receptors have turned up that open other food-related somatosensations. TRPA1, which Julius calls the wasabi receptor, causes the awarenes of hot from wasabi, horseradish and mustards, as well as onions, garlic and cinnamon. TRPA1 is also responsible for the back-of throat ignite that aficionados appreciate in their extra-virgin olive oil. A good petroleum extradites enough of a ignite to effect a catch in your throat and often a coughing. In knowledge, olive oil tasters charge petroleums as one-cough or two-cough petroleums, with the latter going a higher rating.( One intellect wasabi feels so different from olive oil is that the sulfur-containing substances in wasabi are volatile, so they deliver wasabis characteristic snout ten-strikes, while non-volatile olive oil merely ignites the throat. Olive oil are also welcome to prompt TRPV1 receptors to some extent .) Curiously, TRPA1 is also the hot receptor that rattlesnakes are sufficient to spot their prey on a dark night.

Chilli aficionados get moderately passionate about their pods, picking precisely the right various kinds of chilli for each application from the dozens available. The gap among chilli smorgasbords is partly a matter of smell and flavour: sometimes there sweeter, sometimes there fruitier, some have a dusky profundity to their feeling. But there are differences in the way they appear in your opening, too.

One difference is obvious: hot rank. Chilli experts step a chillis stage of scorch in Scoville heat units, a magnitude first descended by Wilbur Scoville, a pharmacist and pharmaceutical researcher, in 1912. Labor in Detroit, Scoville had the luminous plan that they are able to evaluate a peppers hotness by diluting its remove until tasters could no longer see the burn. The hotter the pepper was initially, the more youd have to dilute it to wash out the blaze. Pepper extract that are required to be diluted exactly tenfold to quench the hot tallies 10 Scoville work unit; a much hotter one that are required to be diluted one hundred thousandfold tallies 100,000 Scovilles.

Nowadays, investigates often avoid the need for expensive boards of tasters by evaluating the chillis capsaicin material instantly in the lab and altering that to Scoville groups. The more capsaicin, the hotter the chilli.

However you weigh it, chillies contradict widely in their heat degree. Anaheims and poblanos are quite mild, tip-off the scale at about 500 and 1,000 Scovilles, respectively. Jalapeos come in around 5,000, serranos about 15,000, cayennes about 40,000, Thai birds see chills near 100,000, and the habanero on my table somewhere between 100,000 and 300,000 Scovilles. From there, gallant minds can endeavour into the truly red-hot, topping out with the Carolina Reaper at a staggering 2.2 million Scovilles, which approaches the potency of police-grade pepper spray.

Many chilli foremen claim that a peppers hot is defined by more than merely intensity. If anyone would know about this it would probably be Paul Bosland, the director of the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University. As a weed breeder by commerce, he has a keen professional interest in all the minuscule details of how chilli hot distinguished from one cod to the next.

Bosland says he and his colleagues recognise four other components to chilli heat in addition to hot height. The first is how fast the heat starts. Most beings, when they pierce the habanero, it maybe takes 20 to 30 seconds before they experience the hot, whereas an Asian chilli is immediate, he articulates. Nippies likewise differ in how long the scorch lasts. Some, like jalapeos and many of the Asian smorgasbords, fade relatively quickly; others, like habaneros, may loiter for hours. Where the chilli stumbles you also runs. Often, with a jalapeo, its the tip-off of your tongue and lips, with New Mexico pod types its in the middle of the mouth, and with a habanero its at the back, responds Bosland. And fourth, Bosland and his gang is the difference between sharp and flat qualities of flame. Sharp is like rods protruding in your opening, while flat is just a paintbrush, he enunciates. New Mexico nippies tend to be flat while Asian ones tend to be sharp.

Its time to take the plunge. First up, the jalapeo. As youd expect from its comparatively wimpy position in the tabasco pepper abides, it imparts merely a mild incense, which builds gently and mostly at the figurehead of the mouth. Tackled with such a tame incense, I have spate of tending left to focus on its thick, crispy body and dessert, nearly bell-peppery flavour. The Thai birds-eye chilli, second on my register, is much smaller, and its flesh substantiates to be much thinner and tougher. Despite that, though, it almost immediately tells liberate a smash of heat that explodes to replenish my opening from front to back, establishing me gasp for breath. No gradual construct to this one its a sledgehammer blow. If I think hard, I might imagine that the chilli hot is a little bit sharper, pricklier, than the jalapeo. But I could just be fooling myself.

Finally, the one Ive been dreading, the habanero. I cut a tiny slice and start chewing. The first thing that strikes me is how different the aroma is. Instead of a vegetal, bell pepper flavour, the habanero gives me a often sweeter, fruitier impression thats astonishingly pleasant. For about 15 or 20 seconds, anyway and then, gradually but inexorably, the heat erects. And builds. And constructs, long after Ive swallowed the slice of pepper itself, until I cant think up much else besides the volley that crowds my lip. It surely hits farther back in the mouth than the Thai chilli, though theres a late-breaking flare-up on my tongue as well. The whole know lasts five or 10 instants, and even a good half hour afterwards its as though coals are gently sketched in my mouth.

Having set my lip afire, Id now like to quench the burn. Astonishingly, scientists cant give a whole lot of help in this regard. A cold suck certainly helps, because the coolness calms the heat-sensing TRPV1 receptors that capsaicin rouses. The only difficulty as youve without doubt find if youve is seeking to cope with a chilli flame this route is that the effects goes away in exactly a few seconds, as your lip returns to ordinary body temperature. Youve maybe heard, extremely, that carbohydrate and fatten facilitate douse the fire, but health researchers themselves arent entirely convinced.

The best event out there is probably cold, whole milk, reads John Hayes of the department of meat discipline at the University of Pennsylvania. The cold is going to help mask the ignite, the viscosity is going to mask the incense, and the fatty got to go pull the capsaicin off the receptor. When pressed, though, he notes that theres not a lot of data to back that up.

Making a meat more viscous has been shown to damp down flavor probably just because it furnishes a contesting sensation to confuse our tending, Hayes observes, but he cant think up any person who has experimented whether it also increases chilli scorch. And hes not entirely sure that sugar really helps, either. Im not convinced that it actually knocks the hot down, or whether it precisely prepares it more charming, he pronounces. Even the value of paunches or petroleums which sounds like they ought to help wash capsaicin, who the hell is fat soluble, off the receptors is in dispute. If youre feeling the ignite, enunciates Bruce Bryant of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, the capsaicin have so far been probed your tissue, so a superficial gargle of whole milk or olive oil isnt able to help much.

Millions of parties actively seek out the sorenes of red-hot breezies as a word of gratification. The ignite features prominently in more than a few of “the worlds” great cuisines, with more than a quarter of “the worlds” person ingesting hot peppers daily. Britain spends 20 m yearly on hot sauce.

We dont take pleasure in eating food thats still searingly red-hot from the oven, even though that gives exactly the same superstar we get from nippies: same receptors, same nerves. We dont have decided to chemically ignite our tongues with strong battery-acids. So why do we happily, even eagerly, inflict hurting by breezies? Whatever the secret is, this appears to unique to humans. No other mammal on the planet has a similar taste for chillies.( Chick eat them enthusiastically, but only because they lack receptors that respond to capsaicin. To a parakeet, the most wonderful habanero is as bland as a bell pepper .)

One possible explanation is that chilli lovers simply dont find the anguish as intensely as those who shun hot peppers. In the laboratories, its surely true that people who are repeatedly exposed to capsaicin become less sensitive to it. Genetics may play some place, extremely. Surveys of identical twins( who share all their genes) and dizygotic twin( who share only half) suggest that genes account for 18 -5 8% of our liking for chilli peppers. Some parties may have most sensitive TRPV1 receptors, for example though Hayes, whos looking into who are currently, says: The jury is truly still out on whether there is meaningful TRPV1 variation.

Its abundantly clear, though, that chilli lovers arent immune to the ache. Just request one. I like it so all my holes open up and weepings are rolling down my appearance, does Hayes. But with two young children in the house, I dont get that quite often. For now, Hayes becomes do with a handy bottle of sriracha hot sauce. My children refer to it as Daddys ketchup, he says.

Its clear from listening to Hayes that he and probably most other chilli eaters actively enjoys the suffering. That inconsistency has attracted the attention of psychologists for several decades now. Back in the 1980 s, psychologist and pioneering chilli researcher Paul Rozin of the University of Pennsylvania proposed that chilli eating is a figure of benign masochism, like watching a unnerving movie or journeying a roller coaster. After all, most forms of anguish are admonishes of imminent impairment. That roasted potato still steaming from the oven is red-hot enough to kill the cadres rowing your mouth, potentially making permanent detriment. But chilli burn except at its uppermost, million-Scoville extreme is a false alarm: a route to get the excite of living on the edge without the risk of disclosing yourself to real danger.

A few years thereafter, Hayes and his student Nadia Byrnes( perhaps the best reputation ever for a tabasco pepper researcher) took Rozins ball and ran with it. If chilli presidents are looking for stimulates, Byrnes and Hayes reasoned, youd expect them to have sensation-seeking temperaments. And, for sure, when they came to the enormous arsenal of tests that psychologists have developed to measure facets of personality, they discovered several measures of hotshot searching, of which the most recent and best was the Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking. Then they set out to see whether chilli lovers really do pray excitement.

When Byrnes and Hayes measured roughly 250 voluntaries, they found that chilli lovers were indeed more likely to be agitation seekers than people who shunned chills. And its not only that perception seekers approach all of life with more gusto the effect was specific to nippies. When it is necessary to more boring foods like candy floss, hot dog or skimmed milk, the awarenes seekers were no more likely to partake than their more timid confreres.

Chilli eaters also tended to tally higher on another aspect of personality called sense to reinforce, which quantifies how drawn we are to praise, tending and other external reinforcement. And when health researchers appeared more closely, an interesting pattern developed: superstar searching was the best predictor of chilli eating in ladies, while in souls, sensibility to reward was the very best predictor.

Hayes thinks thats because machismo play-acts a role in the chilli eating of men, but not dames. For women, theres no social status to being able to eat the hottest chilli pepper, while for men there is, he theorizes. Without the heavy hand of machismo on the scale of assessments, womens chilli eating is more strongly governed by their internal drive for excitement.

Incidentally, while chilli lovers laud the charge they get from a spicy bowl, and sometimes claim the peppers wake up their palate to other tones, youll often hear chilli-averse parties complain that the incense keeps them from enjoying other feelings in their banquet. Which is it? The affair has received surprisingly little science studies, but the bottom line seems to be that if capsaicin obstructs other aromas, the effect is small-minded. Most likely, when people complain that they cant experience as well after a spicy sip, its predominantly because theyre paying so much attention to the unfamiliar blaze that the other tones move for the purposes of the radar. In other words, its not red-hot but too hot that intervenes with the happiness of feeling and the threshold where red-hot becomes too hot is a very personal one.

Removed from Flavour: A Users Guide to Our Most Forgotten Feel by Bob Holmes( Ebury Press, 20 ). To prescribe a facsimile for 17, going to see bookshop.theguardian.com or call 0330 333 6846. Free UK p& p over 10, online tells exclusively. Phone orderings min. p& p of 1.99.

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How To Naturally Increase Breast-Milk Supply

From the moment I saw those tell-tale pink lines on the pregnancy test, I knew I would be breastfeeding my baby. Admittedly, I was obsessed with the notion. Little did I know that Mother Nature was waiting in the wings with a basketful of curveballs for me.

My son was induced at more than a week overdue, and his birth was intense, to say the least. After three solid hours of pushing, and faced with the likelihood of a C-section, I allowed my doctor to vacuum-extract my nearly 9-pound baby.

The recovery was tough from the damage I sustained, and I struggled to stand or even sit up properly in the weeks after his birth. This naturally led to my struggling to nurse him as often as necessary, which you guessed it led to a low breast-milk supply.

While many births naturally lead into healthy breastfeeding relationships, sometimes they dont. That’s why were here to help you if you find yourself in a situation where you are truly experiencing low breast-milk supply and need to know how to produce more milk.

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How To Tell If Baby Is Getting Enough Breast Milk

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First, lets talk about what low milk supply isnt. Many new moms immediately think they need to increase milk supply when a baby nurses constantly orfusses after feedings, or when Mom’s breasts begin to feel less full. However, according to kellymom.com, all of these things are perfectly normal for breastfeeding, and they dont indicate milk supply issues at all. Its important to note that the feel of the breast, the behavior of your baby, the frequency of nursing, the sensation of letdown, or the amount you pump are not valid ways to determine if you have enough milk for your baby.

The best way to reassure yourself that your baby is getting enough milk is to keep track of wet diapers over a 24-hour period. Clearly, there are people out there who understand how impossible this is, because they created apps like Total Baby Pro and Baby Connect that can help you track this. Of course, its perfectly okay to go low-tech and just keep track on paper, so do whatever works best for you. In addition to wet diapers, your pediatrician will keep track of babys weight gain with all those checkups youll have over the first weeks and months, which is good, because there isnt an app for that!

What Causes Low Milk Supply

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So, lets suppose that despite your best efforts, your baby isnt gaining weight as quickly as s/he should, and youre not seeing those crucial wet diapers. Its possible you do have a supply issue, and need to work on increasing milk supply. Below, well discuss several factors outlined bytodaysparent.com that can lead to low milk supply. Weve also tested some tried and true ways to increase milk supply.

1. Supplementing With Formula

This is the number one way to tank your milk supply. Avoid supplementing with formula unless you absolutely have to, since breastfeeding is all about supply and demand. When youre breastfeeding, your milk production is in harmony with babys demand for milk. When you start using even a small amount of formula, babys tummy will be full and s/he wont need as much breastmilk. If youre supplementing with formula, youll have to work twice as hard to increase milk supply, but rest assured, it can definitely be done!

2. Emotional/Physical Health Of Mother

I learned first-hand that if moms not okay, it will be twice as difficult to meet babys round-the-clock demand for milk. Take care of yourself, get help when you need it, and do everything in your power to catch some Zzzs any chance you get.

3. Hormonal Issues In Mother

According topcosdiva.com, conditions like Polycystic Ovary Syndrome can affect breastfeeding due to high levels of androgen hormones that inhibit milk-producing hormones (prolactin).

4. Previous Breast Surgery

If youve had any type of breast surgery, like a reduction, augmentation, or tumor removal, theres a good chance that your milk ducts were damaged in the process, which can lead to milk-supply issues.

5. Anatomical Issues On Your Baby

Babies born with a cleft palate are much more likely to struggle with latching on to the breast. However, babies can also have a restricted frenulum that can make it difficult to extend the tongue. Your pediatrician can snip babys frenulum in a relatively painless procedure.

6. Skipping Night Feedings

It seems so unfair that you cant leave baby with dad and a bottle for those overnight feedings. Unfortunately, going as long as eight hours without nursing yout baby in the early months can definitely cause your milk supply to dip. Remember, no demand equals no supply.

Natural Ways To Increase Breast-Milk Supply

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If youre a first-time mom who can afford to turn off your phone, shut the bedroom door, and take your baby to bed for several days and binge-watch Netflix, by all means, do it! This mini-vacation with baby by your side will help you to rest, de-stress, and learn your babys natural rhythms, which basically equates to lots of breastfeeding. This is one of the best ways to increase milk supply if youre one of the lucky few who can pull it off.

However, if you have to return to work or if youve got other kids in the house, this method obviously wont be possible. Dont worry, though there are many other options that are totally effective for increasing milk supply, which we will discuss in detail.

1. Power Pumping To Increase Milk Supply

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Ahh, the pump. This overpriced humming machine will quickly become your best friend AND your worst enemy. But theres no doubt that it can help you increase your milk supply! Power pumping is basically pumping to mimic cluster feeding, which is what happens when baby hits a growth spurt and wants to nurse constantly. Here, well show you how to increase milk supply when pumping with recommendations from the experts atpregnancy.com.au:

1. Choose one hour each day (same time each day)

2. Pump for 20 minutes and rest for 10

3. Pump for another 10 minutes and rest for 10

4. Pump again for 10 minutes

2. Essential Oils To Increase Milk Supply

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There are a few essential oils to increase milk supply, but you certainly cant use these as a standalone solution. They should be used in conjunction with power pumping or some of the other methods outlined below, and they should be used with caution never use any oil on your nipples, where baby could accidentally ingest it. Essential oils are highly concentrated and could be dangerous if swallowed.

Fennel oil: According torootedblessings, fennel oil is a potent extract from the plant and can be very helpful to support the body to help maintain healthy milk supply in Mom. It is not recommended that you use fennel oil for more than 10 days at a time, since it has diuretic properties.

Basil oil: This works in much the same way as fennel oil, but you can use it longer since it is not a diuretic.

In order to use essential oils to increase milk supply, follow these simple steps:

1. Apply a few drops to the outer part of your breasts

2. Apply a few drops to your spine at the breast level

3. You can apply alone or mix with a carrier oil, like coconut oil

3. Foods And Drinks To Increase Milk Supply

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If youre looking for the most natural ways to increase breast milk, there are several foods and drinks that can help. Incorporating these foods and drinks into your diet alone or in combination with any of the other methods is a great start if youre wondering how to increase breast milk.

1. Oatmeal

Oatmeal is not only delicious and healthy, its also a great way to boost milk supply naturally. Bonus points if you add flaxseed, another galactogogue, or food that increases milk supply. Incorporate oatmeal into your morning routine as soon as baby is born to amp up your supply, get your health on track, and get the milk flowing.

2. Lactation Tea

Many of the more popular commercial tea companies, likeTraditional Medicinals andYogi, are now offering lactation blends with fennel as the main ingredient. You can opt to pair this with your morning oatmeal, or drink it several times throughout the day to increase milk supply.

3. Lactation Cookies

Cookies that will increase milk supply? A true win-win situation! There are a host of recipes online for lactation cookies. These yummy wonders contain several ingredients that are widely recognized as foods to increase milk supply, and when else do you have carte blanche permission to eat cookies? There are severalgreat recipes out there, but we found that no one does lactation cookies like Joanna Sargent at MilkMade Bake Shop. With an array of delectable flavors like banana bread, pumpkin spice, chocolate chip, and cranberry nut, these treats take lactation to a whole new level!

4. Herbal Supplements To Increase Milk Supply

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If youre wondering how to increase milk supply, many women have had great success with herbal supplements like fenugreek and blessed thistle.

1. Fenugreek

Fenugreek is one of the most popular supplements to increase milk supply, and is your best bet if youre wondering how to increase your milk supply fast. Fenugreek can be taken alone or in combination with any of the other methods above. The recommended dose is three capsules taken three times daily. Fenugreek is said to be very effective at increasing milk supply, but there are two caveats: first, as mentioned above, if its going to work, it will work quickly; you should see results in as little as 24 to 48 hours. Secondly, when you ingest fenugreek in large quantities, you will begin to smell like maple syrup. Were not talking a whiff here and there prepare yourself, because you will smell like a walking, talking waffle. And not just that, your baby, your clothes, your babys diapers, and even the cat (OK, maybe not the cat) will also smell like maple syrup. Thats because fenugreek is used to flavor artificial maple syrup. Its a harmless but super annoying side effect.

2. Blessed Thistle

This herb can also be used to increase milk supply, and most women take it in conjunction with fenugreek for maximum milk-boosting power. The dosage is the same: three capsules three times daily. As always when shopping for herbal supplements, try to buy the purest blend that you can find.

When To Seek Help

If youre struggling with low milk supply, give these methods a try. Just remember, if youre feeling worn out, depressed, and frustrated, it is perfectly OK to stop breastfeeding! You are a mom now with a little one who needs you to be at your best, so please take care of yourself and always seek the advice of your doctor or a lactation consultant.

If you plan to incorporate these methods to increase milk supply, pleaseSHAREthis article as a way to help other new moms as well!