As a prolactinator, when helping nursing mothers solve problems, they often chat in the north and south of the sea, and more often talk about their own breast problems, and many nursing mothers will have this feeling:
When there is no breastfeeding, never know that during the lactation period, there will be so many problems in the breast, feeding milk, breast swelling and pain, milk blockage and even mastitis, breast abscesses, and many mothers have breast hyperplasia before pregnancy, which really makes the already difficult breastfeeding road more difficult.
However, some mothers, who know very little about the condition of various breasts, often mistakenly think that the hypertrophied breast lobules are blocked by milk and block the milk, which scares themselves; some mothers have bloated their own milk seriously, and they do not let the baby suck hard in time to form mastitis... Therefore, we still need to know more about the breast condition during lactation, and solve problems in time without scaring ourselves.
1. Swollen and blocked milk
Breast swelling is a phenomenon in which the milk inside the breast is filled without being removed in time, resulting in full breasts. Mothers with severe breast swelling are generally manifested as breast pain, swelling, and the entire swollen breast will be warmer than other parts of the body, the areola, nipples are tight, and the baby is difficult to latch on. If the milk is swollen for too long, it is easy to form a milk blockage, which is what we always say, "the hard block that is held out".
Many older generations feel that no swelling milk is less or even no milk, is not correct, after the mother and baby's breastfeeding run-in period, the situation of swollen milk rarely appears, that is, there is a state of supply and demand balance, soft breasts are the norm during our lactation period.
Milk blockage is when one or more of the breast ducts of the breast are blocked and the secreted milk accumulates to a certain part of the breast. We often divide the breasts into meter shapes, indicating the position of the hard blocks in the direction of the clock or quadrant. At the same time, there will be pain, redness and swelling in the location of breast hard blocks, and if the milk is stalted for too long, mastitis or even breast abscesses will be formed.
The difference between swollen milk and milk blockage is still obvious, the swelling milk is that the entire breast becomes bulging and hard, and the swelling is even as hard as a stone, which is what we always say "stone milk", and the milk blockage is a local breast that produces hard lumps or redness, we have to be careful that the swollen milk should be timely to let the baby suck or the breast pump remove the milk, so that the formation of blocked milk can be avoided to a large extent.
2. Breast clumps (milk blockage), mastitis and breast hyperplasia
Milk hard lumps: When the milk is blocked above, the performance of the milk block (milk blockage) is said out, mastitis is generally a hard milk block for a long time has not been solved to form inflammation, many mastitis nursing mothers have fever performance. Here we focus on the hard lumps of accumulated milk, that is, what kind of milk lumps are.
From the touch point of view, the hard blocks formed by the general milk stasis are relatively hard, and there is little sliding feeling, which is relatively more "angular".
The best solution is to eliminate stagnant milk. Let the baby suck or the prolactinator to drain the milk, once the milk is discharged, the hard lump will disappear, and there will be no local pain.
Precautions: Avoid letting your baby kick or touch your breasts, and try to lie flat at night to avoid pressure, less anger, and less greasy.
Breast hyperplasia: Many mothers have hyperplasia before pregnancy, may not be aware of it, we talk about some manifestations of breast hyperplasia during lactation.
Unlike milk stasis, breast hyperplasia is less painful, and there is no redness and swelling of the surface skin, which is a very intuitive way to distinguish.
Also, most breast hyperplasia, if the mothers touch when the milk is swollen, it feels very hard, and the baby can hardly touch it after eating. Some mothers feel that they are blocking the milk, very afraid, in fact, do not have to be overly anxious, it is the swelling of the milk to make the hyperplasia "feel big".
Solution: Breast hyperplasia during lactation does not require deliberate treatment. After the lactation period, follow the doctor's advice, maybe after the lactation period, you will be pleasantly surprised to find that the hyperplasia disappears!
It is worth emphasizing that breast hyperplasia does not affect milk production, and normal breastfeeding is good.
3. The state of breast abscess
Breast abscesses generally manifest as fever, chills, the hard lumps on the surface of the breast slowly soften, redness and swelling still exist, and if we take longer, we may see pus bursting out.
Breast abscesses are the last thing we want to see because it's mastitis that has been going on for a long time and makes nursing mothers particularly afflicted. The most common solution in hospitals is puncture or surgical drainage.
The most important thing is that breast problems must be solved in time and do not delay.
As a nursing mother, knowing your breasts better can feed your baby better, make your breastfeeding process smoother, and avoid suffering.
The prolactin master is always by your side