I always thought that I would be relieved after giving birth to a baby, but I didn't expect the problems of opening milk, feeding, and increasing milk one after another.
Not only is it difficult, but you also have to carry a lot of black pots:
The child has diarrhea and complains that the mother eats indiscriminately;
Children have eczema and allergies, and blame their mothers for eating indiscriminately;
The child's weight gain is not ideal, and he complains that his mother's milk is not good
Let's wean after 6 months, because the breast milk is no longer nutritious......
In this environment, many mothers even begin to wonder if it is really their own problem? All kinds of home remedies, soups and waters, there is no such thing as good or bad, as long as they can have the so-called "milk" effect. The more this happens, the more anxious it becomes, and eventually the mother's body is becoming more and more deformed, and the milk secretion is getting less and less.
Milk secretion, children's eczema, allergies, and unsatisfactory weight gain are really not mothers' pots.
Milk yield secretion
Under normal circumstances, the daily lactation gradually increases with time, and the mature milk volume can reach 700~1000ml per day.
Breastfed babies can't predict how much milk they're eating, but you can tell if you're getting enough milk by looking at your baby's mood or urine output.
Generally speaking, if the baby can wet 5~6 diapers a day, it means that the baby can eat enough.
You can also judge the amount of milk over a period of time through the baby's growth and development. If your baby is growing normally, you're getting enough milk.
Breast milk has many benefits
Breast milk is rich in nutrients and is the best natural food to meet the growth and development of babies.
Breastfeeding can promote the maturation of the baby's immune system and improve immunity;
Breastfeeding protects your baby from contamination by food and utensils;
Lactoferrin in breast milk exerts an antimicrobial effect;
Breastfeeding reduces your baby's risk of disease;
Studies have shown that breastfeeding can significantly reduce the incidence of diarrhea in babies and shorten the duration of diarrhea;
Not only that, breastfeeding also has many benefits for mothers, such as the most important concern of mothers, breastfeeding can promote the mother's postpartum weight to return to the pre-pregnancy state, and can also reduce the risk of diabetes, breast cancer, and ovarian cancer.
How to promote breast milk production?
Suck breast milk as soon as possible after birth, taking turns feeding on both sides, sucking on one side and then sucking on the other;
Mothers who produce too much milk can use a breast pump to express it to maintain milk secretion;
The mother should get a reasonable and adequate rest after giving birth, and the father or other family members should take care of the baby at this time;
Mother's diet should be nutritious and balanced. Be sure to eat meat while drinking soup, after all, the nutrition is still in the meat. If you don't drink oil soup and thick soup, too much fat will not only affect the mother's appetite and figure, but also cause the baby's fat dyspeptic diarrhea;
Mom stays happy, relaxed, and enjoys breastfeeding time instead of doing it as a "routine".
In short, the mother's physical state and mood will affect the secretion of breast milk, so these things should be clearly explained to the family during pregnancy and assigned to work.
Feeding of premature infants
In addition to normal full-term babies, there is another group of babies who need extra attention, and their growth and development may not be met by normal breastfeeding, and they are premature babies.
For premature babies, some parents may think that milk powder is more nutritious than breast milk and is more conducive to the growth of the baby.
In fact, the breast milk produced by premature mothers is different from that produced by full-term mothers. Breast milk produced by premature mothers contains higher concentrations of nitrogen, protein, chloride, magnesium and iron, all of which are very much needed by premature infants.
Therefore, breast milk is a very magical substance, you can secrete what you need, and when the baby eats less milk, it will receive a signal to stop secreting.
However, there are some premature babies who are not enough to catch up with breast milk alone.
For preterm infants with a gestational age of less than 34 weeks and a birth weight of less than 2000 g, exclusive breastfeeding may cause slow growth and risk of bone dysplasia and metabolic bone disease, so it is necessary to give preterm infants breast milk fortification at this time.
It's 9102, and the World Health Organization is promoting the benefits of breast milk, why are there so many symptoms that make breast milk take the blame?
What pots have you carried on the road to breast milk?
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