Collection: Lactation Cookies

What makes these a Lactation Cookie?  A bit of an explanation….

There is lots to read if you want to go looking online, but basically, they contain ingredients that are galactagogues. Galactagogues are things that can help to stimulate milk production for a breastfeeding mama. *

The key ingredients with potential galactagogues in these lactation cookies, are oats, brewer’s yeast, linseed & almonds, creating the perfect snack any time of day, especially when you’re up at night breastfeeding. Eating well and snacking during the day is probably a good idea and having something delicious to snack on may well be the extra energy that’s helping make more milk supply

Breastfeeding mums need more calories/kilojoules. The recommendation is they need around 500cal more per day than a non-breastfeeding mum.

*There doesn’t appear to be conclusive scientific research to say using galactagogues will boost supply, rather mum to mum experience of success