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Jo Dunbar

Lactation cookies - do they really work? When to start eating them, plus an easy recipe

Lactation cookies, illustrated by baby feeding

Lactation cookies, whether you bake a batch yourself or buy them, some breastfeeding mothers have turned to them to optimize their milk supply. 

Not that we're ones to bad-mouth cookies, but we've asked the experts and, there isn’t much science to back this up. If you’re feeding your baby breastmilk, supply will be on your mind whether you are breastfeeding or using expressed milk from a breast pump.

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