Breast milk is the most precious food in the world, it is both natural and healthy, can provide the baby with the most adequate and necessary nutrients, to help the baby's growth and development.
However, many mothers said that they feel that they have very little milk and want to breastfeed their babies, but they are also more than enough and insufficient, which is very troublesome. So why is there not enough milk after childbirth? What should I do if this phenomenon occurs? Let's take a look.
First of all, why is there a lack of milk?
1, did not open the milk as soon as possible
There are many reasons why women secrete less milk after childbirth, and the most common reason is that they do not open milk as soon as possible.
For postpartum women, within 1 to 2 hours after childbirth, it is necessary to quickly allow the baby to suck on the mother's breast, which can stimulate the pituitary gland and promote the secretion of milk. If milk is not opened in time, the secretion of prolactin will be reduced, which will affect the normal secretion of milk.
2. Lack of breastfeeding stimulation
There are many novice mothers, because of lack of experience, the baby is not often allowed to suck milk after birth, and the lack of stimulation in the breast will lead to less and less milk production.
3. Caused by bad mood after childbirth
There are many mothers after giving birth, need to take care of children day and night, sleep is seriously insufficient, emotions will also be affected, often become irritable, sullen and unhappy, this bad mood will affect the pituitary gland to inhibit the secretion of prolactin, milk will slowly decrease.
4, diet is not careful
Breastfeeding requires the intake of enough high-protein and high-nutrient foods to meet the baby's growth needs, if the control diet, protein and fat intake for a long time, it will lead to reduced milk.
In addition, if the pregnant mother eats some food for milk return, it will also cause insufficient milk, such as leeks, fennel, etc.
5. Premature milking
Many mothers are worried about not having enough milk after childbirth, and they start drinking milk soup after giving birth, which is actually not right.
A few days ago, the baby's need for milk is very small, at this time drinking some high fat content of prolactin soup is easy to block the breast canal, but it is not conducive to milk secretion.
Therefore, we must pay attention not to drink lactation soup at the beginning of milking, it is generally recommended to start drinking prolactin soup for mothers on the 3rd day after childbirth, if breast swelling occurs, you should avoid or reduce drinking prolactin soup.
So what should I do after the phenomenon of insufficient milk?
1. Strengthen sucking and feeding the baby frequently.
Feed the baby frequently, do not feed the baby other complementary foods, and juices, and insist on feeding only breast milk, which can stimulate the mother's pituitary gland to secrete prolactin, thereby increasing the secretion of milk.
And if the child's meal is very small, each time the milk can not be eaten, then it is required to use the breast pump to suck off the remaining milk every time, whether it is preservation or other treatment must be sucked clean, so that the secretion of milk can form a positive cycle, that is, a virtuous cycle, will secrete more, is conducive to the next feeding.
2. Keep Mommy in a happy mood and ensure adequate rest.
Bad emotions have a great impact on the amount of breast milk Oh, during breastfeeding mommy should pay special attention to regulating their emotions, to ensure adequate rest, to maintain a good state of life.
3. Strengthen nutrition and eat a balanced diet.
In the lactation period, diet nutrition is crucial to the mother's body recovery and milk, we must pay attention to the intake of more high-protein nutrient-rich foods, and in the postpartum milk secretion is normal, but also to drink more milk soup, can promote the secretion of milk.
4. Do a good job of breast massage and dredging.
During lactation, milk is not secreted, and mothers can also promote milk production by massaging. Because during the massage, the flow rate of blood around the breast will be accelerated, which stimulates the secretion of milk more and more.