"After becoming a mother, even if you are hungry, you must first feed the baby, he is full, the whole world is full." 」
Is this the voice of many mothers?
Is it the biggest feeling after becoming a mother?
Mother's love is truly ordinary and great!
After the baby is born, watching him grow day by day, even if he is bitter and tired, as long as he eats enough, grows well, and does not get sick, all the efforts are worth it.
Speaking of "eating enough", it is also a headache for many new mothers, because it always feels that breast milk is not enough for the baby to eat.
Even inferiority, chagrin, doubting whether you are born without milk? In fact, less breast milk, feel not enough baby to eat, not necessarily the mother's own problems, or may be these five reasons, follow the Beijing mother to take a look at it!
First: there is no kissing + the baby sucking is not in place, the strength is not enough
"The strength of breastfeeding is used" This sentence has been heard by many mothers, in fact, it indirectly shows that the baby's sucking power is very large.
Let's first look at how breast milk is secreted: the baby's frequent sucking action during feeding will stimulate the nipple and reflect it to the mother's brain, which in turn stimulates the secretion of prolactin. Under the action of prolactin, milk will increase rapidly, and it will stimulate the muscles around the breast to contract, and milk will continue to be secreted.
As long as the baby's feeding posture is correct and the more effective sucking, the more obvious the stimulation of the brain and the more milk is secreted, so it is said that "the baby is the best prolactinator"!
If your baby sucks less often and harder, it will lead to less milk production.
Therefore, it is important to let the baby suck more from the time of birth, which is important for the success of breastfeeding in the future!
In addition, some mothers do not feed for various reasons, and use a breast pump to suck out breast milk, and then put it in a bottle to feed the baby, which is also the wrong approach!
Because the breast pump does not promote prolactin secretion and increase breast milk production like a baby sucks. If you want your baby to have enough breast milk, in-person feeding is a prerequisite.
Second: the baby's posture when eating breast milk is not correct
Many people may say: how simple it is to breastfeed, and it is innate.
In fact, it is not necessarily, the instinct to suck and survive is indeed innate, but breastfeeding is not so simple.
When the baby is feeding, if the connection is not right, it is likely to cause the baby to destroy the mother's nipples in the panic because of the inability to eat milk; it may also aggravate the baby's spitting up milk spillage, flatulence and other situations.
The American Academy of Pediatrics Parenting Encyclopedia points out that when the baby has milk, the jaw should be greatly open, most of the areola (not only the nipple) should be in his mouth, the baby's lips should be retracted back into a "fish mouth", the gums surround the areola; the tongue forms a drain trough around the nipple, and then squeezes out the milk accumulated in the breast canal through wave after wave of squeezing.
A list of breastfeeding self-checks is also summarized to help new mothers judge if their baby is feeding the right way.
The correct manifestations of your baby's feeding are:
Your baby opens his mouth wide and his lips turn outwards; his chin and nose are close to the breast; his sucking is rhythmical and powerful, pausing; the mother can hear her regular swallowing; and the mother's nipples feel comfortable after the first few sucks.
New mothers can judge it against each other to see if they are in the correct position when they usually feed.
Third: "I want to save more breast milk and let the baby eat at once", but I don't know that I have done it wrong
There was a friend like this before, because there was less breast milk, I felt that feeding the baby once in two or three hours was not enough for the baby, so I deliberately lengthened the feeding interval, or added a meal of milk powder in the middle, wanted to save more, and let the baby eat enough when feeding next time.
In fact, such an approach is not scientific!
Breast milk will not be saved more and more, but will be saved less and less, why?
If the mother's nipples are not stimulated by the baby's sucking, the amount of milk will not increase.
Breast milk accumulates in the breast, and if the baby is not sucked in time, it will also give the brain feedback "wrong signal", thinking that the milk produced is too sufficient, which will reduce the secretion of breast milk.
A large amount of milk accumulates in the body of the mother, which can easily cause milk swelling, milk blockage, and even mastitis, affecting the health of the mother.
Therefore, mothers with this kind of thinking, do not "save up" anymore, only let the baby suck more effectively, is an effective way to increase muscle breast milk.
Fourth: Bao Ma's "logistical work" cannot be guaranteed
The secretion of breast milk is a complex process, in addition to allowing the baby to suck more stimulation, the mother's own "logistics work" must also be in place, including diet and nutrition, mood, sleep and so on.
Specifically, you can do a good job from these points:
Try to be in a good mood every day.
Postpartum mood is normal, on the one hand, the rapid decline in hormones in the body, on the other hand, the identity of the new mother after childbirth needs to be gradually adapted, there is a sudden increase in the family, and the family relationship also needs to be gradually run-in.
Mothers themselves should have a correct understanding, and can actively adjust themselves, such as talking more, doing things that make them happy, etc., and feeling better is more conducive to breast milk production.
Avoid being too tired and try to rest as much as possible.
Although you have to frequently feed and change diapers, the mother will be particularly tired every day after childbirth, and she will not sleep well, but she still tries to ensure that she sleeps enough, and she can make up for sleep after the baby falls asleep, and other things at home are entrusted to the family.
Fifth: Family members interfere excessively with breastfeeding
I often see some mothers complaining that "the mother-in-law is a milk return artifact".
In fact, in real life, it may not only be the mother-in-law, but also the father-in-law, their own parents, and their husbands, all of which may be "milk return artifacts".
Originally the first time when the mother a lot of things will not be, coupled with the baby sometimes crying and not enough to eat, or there are some other small situations, the family may be the first to "blame the mother", a suggestion, or even nagging and counting.
For the mother, every day with the baby is already very tired and annoying, and then every three or five times is said, you will deeply feel that you are laborious and unflattering, not understood, bad emotions will reduce breast milk, and finally be said to "wean the breast milk".
So, family support is important!
No matter how much breast milk is, give the mother more positive, positive support and encouragement, although the mother provides breast milk to the baby, but the "breastfeeding" thing needs to be done by the whole family.
In short, raising a baby should be scientific, feeding should also be scientific, and if you do it right, it will be smooth.
Does your baby breastfeed? Enough for your baby to eat? Welcome to share your breastfeeding experience!