Here's a real-life case:
Because the baby is reluctant to suck the mother's breast, he only sucks for a few minutes at a time, and cries because he can't eat milk. As a last resort, the mother had to express the breast milk before feeding it to the baby.
However, the trouble came.
Because I often use a breast pump, small white bubbles are sucked on the nipple, and the milk in the breast cannot come out, resulting in a blockage of the glandular ducts. Moreover, it is blocked on both sides.
There is a lot of lactation at night, and in the early hours of the morning, because the mother was woken up in pain, it was very, very uncomfortable. (I believe that every mother who is blocked can know this painful feeling, it is painful, sleepy and unable to sleep, it is really too difficult!)
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When I examined my mother's breast, I found that my armpit was swollen as well, and the place where the milk was blocked was hard and the edema was obvious. Even after gently unclogging and removing clogged milk, the entire chest is edematous to the touch.
So!
When blocking milk, you must dredge it in time, don't bear it yourself, it's yourself who hurts!
Well, the temporary problem is solved, now let's take a look at how the baby is willing to suck the mother's breast.
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I recommend this feeding aid for mom --- feeder next to the breast.
What is a paramammary milk adder?
Next to the mother's breast, put an auxiliary tool consisting of a feeding straw and a milk storage container (and possibly a flow control valve) to help the mother feed the baby.
It comes in various forms:
Syringe + Hose It is especially suitable for newborns who have just been born. (See image below)
Milk Reservoir + Hose + Control Valve Suitable for babies of all ages. (See image below)
No matter what kind of milk filler it is, it is with a scale, so you can clearly know how much your baby eats each time.
The above pictures are all from the Internet, not propaganda manufacturers, you can choose the right products according to your own needs
When is the paramammary milk adder suitable for use?
1. Open the milk.
After giving birth, many mothers' breast milk seems to come very slowly. There is no milk, only water milk. Don't just feed it with a cup, put the water milk into the breast milk applicator, so that when the baby sucks the milk, you can also suck the mother's nipple more, and stimulate the production of breast milk by sucking.
2. Avoid nipple mix-ups.
Sucking on the nipple and the pacifier, the way your baby sucks is completely different. For newborn babies, it is likely that he or she will be overwhelmed by switching nipples and pacifiers. By using a nipple feeder, your baby can get the milk from sucking on the nipple to avoid nipple mix-ups.
3. Rejection of mom's breasts.
Just the bottle, not the mother. Because sucking the mother's breasts is really too tiring!! to eat a full meal, the newborn may take 40-60 minutes, and needs to be constantly woken up to feed.
However, we still recommend kissing. Because when breastfeeding, mother and baby can have skin-to-skin contact, which is very beneficial to the baby's psychological and emotional development, and it is a lifelong benefit. Use a milk filler to make it less difficult for your baby to suck the mother's milk, and gradually transition to being willing to breastfeed.
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4. Mom wants to chase milk.
Chasing milk is to stimulate the breast more, any stimulation technique is not the baby sucking, efficient and useful!
If you want to chase milk, you must let the baby suck as much as possible and stimulate it so that the mother can produce milk. Use a milk filler to induce your baby to suck more on your mother's breast while drinking.
5. Mom wants to wean.
I want to wean myself from breastfeeding, but my baby doesn't want to. Weaning is not just about weaning off food, it's also about cutting off the attachment and security that comes when sucking on a mother's breast. Use a milk filler and add water milk so that the milk that the baby sucks comes from the milk filler instead of the mother's breast, which reduces the stimulation of the breast and reduces the amount of milk.
The key to using a paramammary milk feeder is to properly control the flow rate.
When the baby is sucking the nipple + hose, if you want the baby to suck more nipples, reduce the flow rate of the milk dispenser, and vice versa.
Breastfeeding will be easier with the proper use of feeding aids!
After trying to use the breast feeder for a while, the baby began to rely more and more on the mother's breast, what a change!