Nothing new under the sun and when everyone involved is happy with this concept than that’s perfectly fine. However rule of the thumb when you have a low milk supply is to increasing the nursing sessions. Milk production is a demand & supply process. If you need to increase milk supply, it’s important to understand how milk is made – understanding this will help you to do the right things to increase production.
To speed milk production and increase overall milk supply, the key is to remove more milk from the breast and to do this frequently, so that less milk accumulates in the breast between feedings.

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  • • Ellen replied
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  Things that can help increase your milk supply:
  Make sure that baby is nursing efficiently. This is the “remove more milk” part of increasing milk production. If milk is not effectively removed from the breast, then mom’s milk supply decreases. If positioning and latch are “off” then baby is probably not transferring milk efficiently. A sleepy baby, use of nipple shields or various health or anatomical problems in baby can also interfere with baby’s ability to transfer milk. For a baby who is not nursing efficiently, trying to adequately empty milk from the breast is like trying to empty a swimming pool through a drinking straw – it can take forever. Inefficient milk transfer can lead to baby not getting enough milk or needing to nurse almost constantly to get enough milk. If baby is not transferring milk well, then it is important for mom to express milk after and/or between nursings to maintain milk supply while the breastfeeding problems are being addressed.
  Nurse frequently, and for as long as your baby is actively nursing. Remember – you want to remove more milk from the breasts and do this frequently. If baby is having weight gain problems, aim to nurse at least every 1.5-2 hours during the day and at least every 3 hours at night.
  Take a nursing vacation. Take baby to bed with you for 2-3 days, and do nothing but nurse (frequently!) and rest (well, you can eat too!).
  Offer both sides at each feeding. Let baby finish the first side, then offer the second side.
  Switch nurse. Switch sides 3 or more times during each feeding, every time that baby falls asleep, switches to “comfort” sucking, or loses interest. Use each side at least twice per feeding. Use breast compression to keep baby feeding longer. For good instructions on how to do this, see Dr. Jack Newman’s Protocol to manage breastmilk intake. This can be particularly helpful for sleepy or distractible babies.
  Avoid pacifiers and bottles when possible. All of baby’s sucking needs should be met at the breast (see above). If a temporary supplement is medically required, it can be given with a nursing supplementer or by spoon, cup or dropper (see Alternative Feeding Methods).
  Give baby only breastmilk. Avoid all solids, water, and formula if baby is younger than six months, and consider decreasing solids if baby is older. If you are using more than a few ounces of formula per day, wean from the supplements gradually to “challenge” your breasts to produce more milk.
  Take care of mom. Rest. Sleep when baby sleeps. Relax. Drink liquids to thirst (don’t force liquids – drinking extra water does not increase supply), and eat a reasonably well-balanced diet.
  Consider pumping. Adding pumping sessions after or between nursing sessions can be very helpful – pumping is very important when baby is not nursing efficiently or frequently enough, and can speed things up in all situations. Your aim in pumping is to remove more milk from the breasts and/or to increase frequency of breast emptying. When pumping to increase milk supply, to ensure that the pump removes an optimum amount of milk from the breast, keep pumping for 2-5 minutes after the last drops of milk. However, adding even a short pumping session (increasing frequency but perhaps not removing milk thoroughly) is helpful.
  Consider a galactagogue. A substance (herb, prescription medication, etc.) that increases milk supply is called a galactagogue. See What is a galactagogue? Do I need one? for more information.

Oh look get over it. As long as everyone involved is happy and bub is thriving then seriously who cares? its really no ones business and it might have been better if they didnt make it public and that way everyone could keep their shock and negative comments to themselves. Get a life

That’s amazing! Great job. both mum and aunt are happy, as is the baby also. What an amazing bond the three of you will have. And how cool that you both have babies at the same time

Thank you for sharing that story. O have mix feeling about it.

Not for me. But if they are happy with it. Interesting to read about how it was in former times. Never heard of wet nurses.

I’m not sure I’d ever want to feed someone else’s child or have someone else feed mine, however if they’re happy to do it then I don’t see there’s any issue.
Having said that, when my youngest was a newborn, I had so much milk. I managed to free about 6 litres of milk and then we were moving so I looked into donating that milk. As it happened I didn’t get around to doing it and was able to move house with all the milk and none of it went to waste in the end.

I’ve certainly heard about Mother’s hiring a wet nurse in times gone by. As long as it’s offered first and no offence is taken by either party then I see no problem with this. Different if it’s a friend who offers though. Don’t think I could handle that.

This is so giving and great for the baby – all those extra and different antibodies!

I don’t know how I would feel about this being I don’t have any female family members like that. I think I would feel sad

Both sisters were in agreement so what’s the problem?

Not for me. I ended up unable to breastfeed, but there’s no way I would have allowed someone else to.

This is no different to milk donation only it is direct from the source. So nice of the sister and what a great bomd they must have.

Glad to read so many on here are positive about it !

each to their own! baby is getting fed and they are ok with it

I think it’s great that the aunt can help out at this time. Doubt very much that the toddler will remember it either. It really is a personal matter between the two sisters.

Don’t 100% agree with the action but I don’t have a problem with providing milk

If the mother has no issue and the sister is fine then it’s no ones business. It’s something women have been doing for thousands of years. Just so long as the baby is healthy and fed it’s a non-issue

How is it wrong? If it was donor milk it would be the same. Baby is getting feed so all it good.

The comments saying that’s why her supply is low, don’t seem relevant. If a mother has a low supply and the baby is hungry, most mothers would supplement the feeding. It’s just our western culture typically does that by formula and a lot of mothers end up just going full time bottle feeding. Supplementing every now and then with breast milk seems like the perfect solution, especially when it’s her sister and they know the risks of pathogens!

Lucky bub. So many that care is great to see. I had one child that never wanted much but my body just massively produced till I thought I would explode, then another child who drank so much I couldn’t keep up. My SIL never produced milk at all for any of her kids. Everyone is different but it’s great to see people helping others when they can.