How to increase breast milk supply May 17, 2007 Galveston County Daily News, May 16, 2007 By Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly GALVESTON -- Last week, the benefits of breastfeeding to infants and their mothers were discussed. In this second installment on the advantages of breastfeeding, Dr. Sunil Jain, a neonatologist in the University of Texas Medical Branch Department of Pediatrics, offers the following information about how to make sure that the milk supply for the baby remains sufficient. Basically, the more milk that is removed from the breasts, the more milk the breasts will produce. For the breast to meet the baby's demand for nourishment: The baby must regularly and effectively suck from the breast and the breasts must regularly and effectively be emptied during feeding or by pumping the breast. « Back | The Newsroom »