My girlfriend has a 2 week old baby and is breastfeeding, she has had problems with supply and has been told by the midwives at the private hospital she gave birth in that they are concerned he had not regained his birth weight. He gained 40g in a week. They have told her she has a low supply and she has hired a medela lactina breast pump and was expressing between feeds, and to make sure he was feeding a minimum of 4 hourly.

When she went back they told her that her supply was too low and she needed to take motulium to increase her supply. She then went to her OB her prescribed 1 tablet 3 times a day when the hospital information sheet she was given suggested she should take 8 within a 24hr period

I am really concerned that the midwives have told her to express and feed her baby the expressed bm to check if her supply was increasing. My understanding is expressing bm will not give an accurate picture of milk production as it is less effective than bf directly?

I suggested my freind see a lactation consultant as the midwives she is seeing aren't trained lactation consultants, she is worried that if she sees someone else the scales will be different when they way bubs so she is not keen.

She is trying so hard to build a breastfeeding relationship with her little boy and Im not sure if the advice she has been given will do this, and I also told her to speak to her OB about the dosage reccommended by the hospital.

Does anyone know if expressing to check supply ever has a place in the management of low supply?