"Breastfeeding mother" refers to a professional woman who returns to the workplace after giving birth, uses breast pumping between work to store breast milk, carries it home to the baby at night, and becomes a "ration" the next day.
They carry a computer bag in their left hand and a milk bag in their right hand - "perfect balance" is fake, they just choose to sacrifice their freedom and comfort, and want to balance work and baby nutrition as much as possible.
This is undoubtedly not an easy road.
Many companies do not set up a mother and baby room, and "nursing mothers" can only pump in the bathroom, or even in the utility room, which is crowded and dirty, and cannot ensure the hygiene of breast milk. And during the twenty minutes of sucking, whenever there are footsteps outside the door, they will be terrified. Let's say someone is staring at them when they go out, or asking, "What are you doing inside?" They would be embarrassed and sad.
The road that "back mother" has traveled is a hardship that no one has walked and cannot imagine.
Milk bags, bottles, electric/manual breast pumps, blue ice, tissues, etc.
Mothers who are ready to carry milk should put the blue ice of the milk back into the freezer of the refrigerator the night before. If mom chooses to pump with an electric breast pump, make sure the battery has power.
Getting up an hour early in the morning and feeding the baby once after breakfast can not only meet the needs of the baby, but also avoid the embarrassment of swollen milk on the way to work.
During work, milk every 2-3 hours, wash your hands with warm water and soap before milking, dry with a clean tissue, and then, choose to pump with your hands or with a manual/electric breast pump for about 20 minutes each time.
After milking, place the bottle containing the milk in the refrigerator or in the thermos with blue ice in time. Return to work and repeat the above actions every 2-3 hours until the end of the evening.
When you get home from work, take out the bottle and blue ice in the thermos bag in time. Blue ice is placed in the freezer. Depending on the estimated time of storage, mark the time on the container containing breast milk and place the milk in a freezer or cold room.
The above tedious and arduous "back milk road" continues day after day until the baby is weaned.
"If it's so hard, why do you insist?"
The answer of "breastfeeding mother" is very simple, because the baby needs a mother, attachment to the mother, and also needs natural and high-quality nutrition such as breast milk.
In the eyes of "back-feeding mothers", breast milk carries their love and concern for their babies. All the hard work is not worth mentioning in front of the baby's health and smile.
However, the hardships of "back milk mothers" cannot be cured by themselves and babies, and only when the social supporting facilities and the understanding and care of the people around them are in place can they support the happiness of "back milk mothers".
The mother and baby room cannot be built in one day, but everyone's understanding and care for the "back nurse" can be more.
Many "back nurses" are not afraid of pain, not afraid of tiredness, afraid of reduced milk can not continue to feed! Ah great mom! So, how should mothers maintain milk production?
The following milk production tips please put away!
Around two weeks before work, moms can start adjusting their schedules and get used to getting used to timing milking.
Mothers can also store more breast milk in the refrigerator in advance, so that even if the "back milk" is not adapted at the beginning and the milk volume decreases, it can ensure that the baby's "rations" are sufficient.
Pump every 2-3 hours at work, and try to suck as much as you can at home. Your baby's sucking is the most effective way to stimulate lactation.
Correct the mentality, relax the mood, do not have the self-blame psychology of "I am sorry for the baby" when I have less milk, and should face the breastfeeding with a positive attitude.
At work, don't feel that your "regular milking" will affect your work, affect your colleagues and put pressure on yourself. In fact, in addition to the lunch break, my mother only needs 2-3 times a day to pump for about 20 minutes - this is not much different from the time when many colleagues go downstairs to buy coffee and drinks. As long as you communicate clearly with your boss and colleagues, everyone will understand!
Under today's living conditions, there is basically no mother who will have insufficient breast milk due to her own nutritional problems, so there is no need to over-supplement. Moms quickly say goodbye to the greasy milk soup, it will only make you fat and easy to block the milk, but the milk production has no effect at all!