In the past, many mothers would choose to breastfeed because conditions did not allow it, but now because everyone knows the benefits of breast milk, there are still as many mothers who choose to breastfeed. However, choosing breastfeeding does not mean that new mothers will deliberately learn something about breastfeeding before giving birth.
But in fact, people who come over may think that it is not a big deal before they understand, but after that, the new mother will definitely feel that it is worth the money.
Really, if someone says these things to you in front of you, how lucky you are.
Many friends around me have walked into the misunderstanding of breastfeeding because they do not understand, and they have suffered a lot of sins in vain. A relative of the lazy mother, on the first day after childbirth, drank chicken soup and ate chicken, eager to make up for it in one day, the result was that the milk could not come down, all blocked in the chest, just like hanging a large stone in front, heavy and painful, I dealt with it for two days, not only was it not good at all, but also more and more painful, and finally had to spend a lot of money to ask the prolactinator to deal with it, the whole process was also painful, it was really cost to buy guilt.
If this relative knows before giving birth to a baby, knows that there is no need for supplementation after childbirth, let alone milking, I believe there is no need to suffer this sin.
So before planning to breastfeed, it's best to understand these 7 things.
Milk should be prescribed as soon as possible after childbirth, not everyone can open milk and it hurts
★ Opening milk is the first time to feed the baby after childbirth, through the baby's sucking, you can dredge the milk path, stimulate the mother to secrete milk, and the baby can eat breast milk as desired.
In fact, at the beginning, that is, during pregnancy, under the action of prolactin, the mother's body has begun to secrete a small part of the milk, after childbirth, hormone levels decline, oxytocin and prolactin rise, under the action of oxytocin will open the floodgates to secrete milk.
If you don't feel like your baby wants to suckle, just press the switch.
The button of this switch is the baby's stimulation of the mother, such as the baby's sucking, physical contact, crying, etc.
The earlier the milk is prescribed after childbirth, the faster the milk will fall, so the milk should be opened as soon as possible after childbirth.
★ Some new mothers have heard that it hurts when opening milk, so they are afraid to open milk, in fact, not every pregnant woman will hurt when she opens milk.
When opening milk, it will hurt because the milk road is not clear, the milk cannot flow out smoothly, it can only be hoarded in the chest, and the milk is stimulated when the baby is feeding, but the milk cannot flow out, and the more it accumulates, so it is more and more painful.
So we just have to keep the milk path open.
During pregnancy, you can massage your chest properly and unblock the milk path, but avoid rough treatment, because the breast canal is very fragile and easy to be broken.
Avoid actions such as chest impact, otherwise it will also cause the milk path to not pass.
Colostrum is relatively thick, and the diet should not be too greasy a few days before childbirth, so as not to make the milk more thick and it is less likely to be discharged.
Proper warm compresses on the chest before feeding can expand the breast canal and speed up the flow rate of milk, but it must be remembered before feeding.
The most important thing is that the baby should still eat more milk, and the effect of unclogging the milk path is also the best.
When the milk is normal, if the new mother has milk, or the physiological milk increase in three or four days after childbirth, the baby can't eat so much and squeeze it out, so as to avoid too much milk left in the chest, and it will be painful or blocked for a long time.
If the milk is sore, it can be cold, which can play a role in relieving pain and reducing milk secretion, and can be used with cabbage or cold towels.
Colostrum is precious, don't waste it
The colostrum is thick and yellowish, and some people say it looks dirty and should not be given to the baby.
But in fact, colostrum is very precious, because it is small in amount, rich in a large amount of immunoglobulins, and in all stages of breast milk, the nutritional composition of colostrum is the highest, comparable to gold, so colostrum is also known as soft gold.
So not only to give the baby to eat, but also to give the baby more to eat, do not waste.
Of course, colostrum is not limited to the day when the baby is born, in fact, breast milk in the week after the baby is born is colostrum.
This way, you don't have to worry about your baby not eating colostrum.
Not being able to milk for a day or two after giving birth is not really no milk, and newborns eat very little and do not have to worry about not having enough to eat
Some new mothers say they don't have milk at all for a day or two after giving birth because they can't squeeze it out.
In fact, new mothers do not have to worry too much about this, under normal circumstances, as long as the placenta leaves the mother, hormone levels will decline, oxytocin and prolactin will enter the tight work, as long as the milk can be opened in time, milk will be secreted normally.
But because the colostrum is thicker, and the amount is relatively small, and the way the new mother milks is not quite right, it seems that there is no milk, in fact, we just can't see it, as long as the baby sucks normally, it can be eaten.
What's more, the amount of milk of newborns is very small, the amount of milk on the first day of birth is only the size of a cherry, about 5 to 7ml can be eaten, on the third day of birth, the baby only needs about 22 to 27ml each time to eat, the baby can only eat about 45 ~ 60ml each time in the first week of birth, and the baby's milk amount is about 60 ~ 90ml when it is one month of birth.
So don't worry too much about the baby's lack of food, and don't worry about the baby not feeding the baby because you are worried about not having enough to eat, so that the milk will be later and the amount will be less.
Don't because you think you don't have milk, you desperately urge milk, eat a lot of milk-inducing food, or some very greasy food, so that when you feel that the milk is down, you may have been too late, and the milk has all been hoarded in the chest.
The uterus may be painful during feeding
What, feeding the uterus also hurts?
Indeed it is!
Don't be surprised when you feel a stomachache while breastfeeding, I believe you also know from the doctor's mouth that breastfeeding can promote uterine contractions.
Your baby will tell you that the effect is so obvious. The baby contracts while feeding the uterus, pulling and pulling, and the rhythm of pain is perfectly matched.
This is because the baby stimulates the secretion of oxytocin while feeding, and oxytocin can cause uterine contractions, it is as simple as that.
Of course, not every woman will have a pain in the uterus when breastfeeding, and some women will have obvious pain.
Lazy mother herself, when the first child is fed is not painful at all, so I know that there is such a thing, wait until the second child when the pain can't stand it, ask the doctor, the doctor said that it is because of the uterine contraction pain caused by feeding, but it is not so painful in about two days after childbirth.
I heard that the more the fetus, the stronger the pain, oh, do you have this feeling?
Milk is produced when it is needed, and it is eaten more and more
How is milk secreted?
In fact, milk is not produced at the beginning and stored in the body, and it flows out when the baby wants to drink.
It is when the baby is breastfeeding through the mother's milk. Stimulated by the head, the pituitary gland receives instructions to secrete prolactin and oxytocin, prolactin is responsible for the production of milk, and oxytocin is responsible for opening the floodgates and discharging.
When the baby has a feeding action, the oxytocin will open the floodgates to milk, and the baby will be able to eat milk.
So, milk is not what we think, it is always stored somewhere in the body, and the chest is just a factory that produces milk, not a warehouse.
Moreover, milk is very intelligent, the milk production order is placed by the baby himself, it changes the milk production according to the time and strength of the baby's feeding.
When the baby eats for a long time and has strong strength, it means that the baby needs more milk, and when the baby's feeding time becomes shorter and the strength becomes weaker, the milk production will be reduced.
In other words, the milk is eaten more and more.
Not increasing the milk is not necessarily insufficient milk, it may just be the balance of supply and demand
There are also some mothers, who used to often raise milk, but they don't know when to start, and they don't have milk swells at all. In this case, inexperienced mothers will generally wonder if it is because they do not have milk.
Of course, there is also this possibility, after all, the baby is now getting bigger and bigger, and more and more milk is needed.
But in fact, most of this situation is because the supply and demand of milk are balanced, that is to say, the amount of milk needed by the baby and the amount of milk provided by the mother are consistent, and the supply and demand have reached a balance, so there will be no increase in milk because of the amount.
So mothers don't think that there is no milk because they don't have milk, they have to save it, and save enough milk to give it to the baby.
But if you save it like this, because you don't feed your baby for a long time, the milk will really be less.
The size of the chest does not matter how much milk is
Some mothers are always worried that their breasts are so small before giving birth to a baby, whether they will not have enough milk for the baby to eat.
This worry is really superfluous, and the size of the chest has nothing to do with the amount of milk produced.
And as I said just now, the chest is just a place to produce milk, not a warehouse, it doesn't need to be so big, enough for the baby to eat.
The main thing is that regardless of the size of the chest, the internal structure is the same, generally 15 to 18 breast ducts, can produce the same milk. This situation belongs to a state of "although the sparrow is small, it is complete".
As long as you feed the baby normally, you can produce milk normally, so you don't have to worry about being small and not having enough milk for the baby to eat.
If you plan to breastfeed, it is sincerely recommended that mothers can understand it in advance, and when it is their turn, even if they do not understand that they have a spectrum in their hearts, they will take fewer detours.
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