The most important way to start breastfeeding

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If there is milk, it is a mother, and this sentence speaks of the reciprocal relationship between "milk" and "mother". It is natural and natural for a child to grow up eating his mother's milk, and it is even more natural and deserved for a mother to breastfeed a child.

For mothers, the smooth breastfeeding of their babies after birth is also the thing that mothers are most looking forward to.

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I am a midwife, I will contact many mothers, in addition to accompanying them to complete the important thing of childbirth, there is an equally important thing to help mothers complete in the first time after childbirth, this thing is early postpartum milk, and the babies born here will eat their mother's milk in the delivery room.

If the baby in the belly is not enough to make a woman think that she is a mother, then after childbirth, when the umbilical cord is cut, I really see this vivid little person, when this fleshy little person lies on her body, I believe that everyone who becomes a mother will recognize the ironclad fact that "I am the mother of this child".

When a baby is born, the first thing we face is breathing, so when we hear the baby's first cry, we all feel that this is a natural sound.

Then the second thing that everyone pays the most attention to is the baby's food, and the baby needs to consume food to maintain and meet the growth and development of ta.

At this time, we came back to the problem of "milk is a mother".

The breast is the baby's first home after birth, also known as the "extrauterine uterus". Imagine that when the baby is in the mother's belly, the mother will deliver nutrients and oxygen to the baby through the umbilical cord and placenta, do not need to take the initiative to ingest food, the most suitable temperature, light, quiet environment, the child can spend ten months in the mother's belly without worry, wait until the TA is long enough to adapt to the new world.

Then after a long birth canal, after the baby is born, the ta still needs a warm, safe place that can provide food to the ta, this place is the mother's breast, warm skin, familiar smell, heartbeat sound, safe environment, and most importantly, the most perfect food - breast milk.

Therefore, postpartum breastfeeding is crucial for your baby, both physically and psychologically!

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If you want to start breastfeeding smoothly, the most important thing is that the mother is willing to feed, the baby can eat, the mother and the baby are together, as long as these three points are met, breastfeeding can be much smoother. But among these three points, the mother's willingness plays a leading role.

Behind "I do" is mom's ability to act.

But after giving birth, when we assist the mother to put the baby on her body, the mother often questions, "I don't have milk yet?" "Will he eat?" "Is there really going to be milk?" And so on.

Feeding is a baby's instinct, and every baby has the ability to do the job of ingesting food on their own.

Mom didn't doubt that. And the mothers suspect that their milk has not come down yet. In fact, not only mothers, but many elderly people think that it will be three days before they will deliver milk.

But what does it actually look like? It is really necessary for mothers to understand the physiology of the breasts.

The human body is a complex hormone factory, so hormones also manipulate our bodies to undergo a series of changes.

In the first trimester, under the joint action of estrogen, progesterone and other hormones, many pregnant mothers will feel the swelling of the breasts in the first trimester, and even some mothers will have a tingling sensation, in fact, this is the re-development of the breast, in preparation for postpartum breastfeeding.

In the second trimester, the hyperplasia of breast epithelial cells accelerates, and they will secrete into lactation cells with lactation functions and begin to secrete colostrum.

Studies have shown that breast cells already have the function of synthesizing milk at 16 weeks of pregnancy, but because high levels of progesterone during pregnancy inhibit the effects of prolactin, milk is not secreted in large quantities.

During this period, many mothers have seen small exudations from the nipples or have been able to see scabs on the nipples after the discharge has dried out.

After 26 weeks, some pregnant women will find that the nipple will have more discharge, which is the earliest colostrum.

But whether or not you see secretions or scabs on your nipples during pregnancy, these will not affect your mother's postpartum lactation.

What mothers need to know is that during pregnancy, the breasts are already quietly preparing for postpartum lactation.

This is like a factory, when we see the circulation of goods, the factory has done a good job of the early stage of equipment installation and commissioning, has been trial production, as long as there is an order, the factory will run a large number of production is a truth.

Therefore, as long as the mother is willing to feed the child as soon as possible after giving birth and give the child the opportunity to learn and try, breastfeeding will start smoothly.

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As long as you spend more time with the baby, capture the moment when every baby wants to feed, feed as much as possible, and breastfeed frequently and indefinitely at least 8-12 times a day, the breast will be able to provide the baby with enough food that is most favorite and most suitable for TA.

Mothers do not have to suspect that they do not have milk, or that they do not have enough milk to satisfy their children.

We can imagine that if there is milk two or three days after childbirth, then the newborn baby will not be hungry for two or three days to wait for milk?

Don't say that there is milk powder now, the development of milk powder is only a few decades old. Think about our ancestors, in the era when there was no milk powder, didn't they all rely on their own milk to breastfeed their babies?

Let every baby be hungry for two or three days before eating, which is obviously not in line with the laws of nature.

If we think about the mammals of nature, aren't they all raised from birth on their mother's milk? We humans are at the top of the food chain and will not abandon our most primitive instincts in the process of evolution, because this is not in line with the process of human evolution.

It's just that due to the current interference of the milk powder market, we have lost trust in our instincts. Did you impressed by this?

The mother is willing to feed, the baby is willing to eat, and the two are in cooperation with each other.

A healthy baby, if it is born to eat the mother's milk first, and there is no mother and baby separation or use of the bottle to interfere, then the baby will usually not refuse to eat the mother's milk.

Only babies who have been disturbed early will have more problems and make breastfeeding more difficult.

In addition, many mothers in the early postpartum period will have nipple pain problems, mothers do not have to breastfeed just endure the pain of breastfeeding, at this time the mother needs to do is to adjust the breastfeeding posture, so that the baby tightly fit the mother's body, chin close to the mother's breast, so that the baby will have deeper milk, reduce the pain of breastfeeding, but also increase the efficiency of breastfeeding.

Therefore, the postpartum mother must not be able to bear the pain of feeding, only the mother is comfortable in the mother's position is willing to feed better, and the baby will only eat more milk if the posture is correct.

For mothers with sunken nipples, it may be necessary to learn some breastfeeding knowledge in advance or find professional breastfeeding guidance to assist in the postpartum period to make breastfeeding smoother.

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Psychologist Winnicott said:

Moms usually know how to be a mom, and every mom has the ability to take care of her baby on her own.

Mom's instincts are released little by little in breastfeeding.

Give yourself a little trust, believe that you have the ability to feed the baby; give the baby a trust, believe that he has the ability to eat enough food; believe that as long as the mother and the baby are together, breastfeeding will start smoothly.

Just this opening, it takes a little time for the baby to learn and adapt, give the breast some time to slowly run in with the baby, give yourself a little time to be familiar with the newborn baby, be patient, TA need me to meet, with this trust, patience and willing dedication, the beautiful parenting road will be smoothly opened, and the mother's potential instinctive power will bloom brilliantly.

The smooth start of breastfeeding is inseparable from the support, understanding, encouragement and assistance of the family, breastfeeding is not a matter for the mother alone, it is a matter for the whole family.

When the whole family is supporting the mother to breastfeed, I believe that the mother and the baby will feel happy, and the family will be a happy family.

Dear expectant mothers and new mothers, are you ready? Let breastfeeding begin your intimate journey.

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