Hello everyone, I'm Eleven Mom! Welcome to eleven moms' breastfeeding tips. When your baby is born, it is most necessary to stay with the mother. In reality, you have to be separated from your baby because of premature birth, neonatal jaundice or the need to return to work. And in the case of separation, maintaining good milk is the best thing you can do for your baby.
As for how working mothers can maintain their milk intake, I told you about it in the previous article. Today I will talk to you about three ways to maintain milk intake during maternal and infant separation in the early postpartum period, which are to arrange pumping as early as possible, and to use a medical breast pump and hand milking to milk the milk.
First, the method of maintaining the amount of milk: try to arrange pumping, use medical breast pumps and hand milking methods to milk, and maintain the frequency of pumping 8-12 times a day
In fact, the best way to maintain milk volume is to milk the milk. So when does it start? That's the first point I would say, choose the best time to milk, if your baby is separated from you at birth, it is recommended that you schedule the milking time from the moment your baby leaves. Starting within one hour after childbirth is the best option, and if you miss it, try to start within 6 hours after delivery.
The sooner you start milking, the sooner your milk will start to secrete, which can go a long way toward maintaining milk levels.
Choose the right milking method: use a medical breast pump, hand milking
Second, choose the right way to milk the cow. When milking, you can choose to use a medical breast pump or hand milking. Medical breast pumps will be more like a baby's sucking than ordinary breast pumps, and some hospitals will have spares, you can consult a nurse.
If you only have a regular breast pump, you can massage your breasts in stimulation mode and then squeeze the milk out by hand milking.
You can also milk the cows by hand milking. But at this time, you may still be relatively weak, there is no way to operate on your own, you can ask nurses and family members to help you.
Guaranteed milking frequency: 8-12 times a day
The third is to ensure the frequency of milking. In fact, the most important thing about milking within three days after childbirth is not the amount but the number of times. You need to keep squeezing 8 to 12 times a day, each breast for no less than ten minutes.
Among them, 8-12 milkings should be evenly distributed in 24 hours a day, especially in the evening, and they should also get up to milk. The frequency of milking can be extended appropriately in the middle of the night to ensure your sleep, but at least once at night.
It should also be emphasized here that milking in the first three days of separation is not to express a lot of milk, but to imitate the baby's feeding behavior and ensure that the breast is working properly.
Starting on the 4th day after childbirth, your milk will slowly become more, at this time you should start to pay attention to the amount of milk, it is best to make the milk reach 500-1000 ml per day in 7-14 days after childbirth, and maintain this range for the rest of the time.
At this time, the mother with a lot of milk can already use the breast pump to suck it out, and the mother who does not have a lot of milk can also use the breast pump to milk the milk for 3-5 minutes.
Second, how to give milk to the baby
If you use the above methods and milk the milk, how do you give it to your baby in the hospital?
This requires you to understand in advance the policy of the hospital where the baby is located for the reception of breast milk, and most hospitals are willing to accept breast milk.
Some hospitals receive breast milk 24 hours a day, and some hospitals receive breast milk at a fixed time of day. Usually during the day, the mother can send the milk from the previous day to the hospital at one time in one time.
If the hospital can receive refrigerated or frozen milk, then you can prioritize refrigerated stored milk. Remember to write the date and time on the milk storage bag and send it to the hospital, the refrigerated milk can be stored for four days, and the frozen milk can be stored for six months.
Of course, I suggest that you give milk to your baby with a closer date on a priority basis.
In fact, in the non-parent-feeding state, maintaining the amount of milk is already a very hard thing. What if the milk volume drops at this time?
At this time, the first thing to pay attention to the frequency and frequency of milking, do not miss a milk or do not squeeze for too long.
Secondly, to increase the number of pumps, you can also use the breast pump for another 3 to 5 minutes to increase the emptyness of the breast.
Finally, no matter how the milk volume decreases, do not blindly drink the soup, which will not help the increase in milk volume.
Well, today's article is shared here, I hope that we can have the opportunity to become a better self because of the arrival of our children, be better parents, learn to think, learn to judge, learn to analyze, and accompany our children to grow up with him.
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