Postpartum milk

When the mother begins to secrete milk, the breast began to heat, weight, pain, and sometimes even as hard as stone. The breast surface looks smooth, filling, even the areola become strong and pain. In this case, even if Mom feeding suppressing pain, baby is very difficult with the mummy's nipple. This is “ milk up ”. Mainly because of rising milk output and water milk and increased connective tissue within the breast caused by. Pregnant women from the late pregnancy began to colostrum,
When the placenta after delivery, prolactin increase, stimulate the production of breast milk, breast tube and surrounding tissue expansion, the highest point in the third and 4 days postpartum. If mommy in the baby after the birth to early feeding, or feeding the interval is too long, or too much milk, the children eat, can not be completely removed to make milk, breast milk tube deposition, so that the breast becomes swollen and painful. At this time the breast hardens, nipple is not easy to take, Mommy will be afraid of pain and reduce the frequency of feeding, and thus cause milk stopped flow, increase milk.
The best way to prevent milk:
Let the baby start early sucking, beginning at birth and breastfeeding within half an hour, so there will be more milk secretion. Pay attention to feeding frequency, about 2-3 hours 1 times to out of milk, to ensure ductal patency, prevent engorgement.
If too much milk, baby eat, use breast pump to suck air excess milk. This will not only solve the maternal breast pain, and can promote the secretion of milk.
Solve the milk up 8 methods:
Under normal circumstances, in a timely manner to suck L-2 days later, the tube can be unobstructed. However, excessive swelling of the breast, Mommy often painful, this time can take the following measures to relieve discomfort.
1, hot compress. Hot compress block can block in the breast milk in the breast become clear, improve circulation. Hot compress, pay attention to avoid the areola and nipple area, because these two skin more tender. Hot temperatures should not be overheating, so as not to burn the skin.
2, massage. Fomentation of breast massage. There are many kinds of breast massage means, in general, unilateral breast lift up your hands and massage alternately from the breast to the nipple at the bottom, and then squeeze the milk in the container.
3, using a breast pump. When the swelling and pain,
You can use the manual or electric pump to assist the milking, good results.
4, hot bath. When the breast swelling and pain, may wish to take a hot bath, massage the breast, feeling more comfortable.
5, warm water immersion breast. A pot of hot water on his knees, then bent to the knee, let the breast soak in the basin, gently shake the breast milk by gravity can flow out easily.
6, cold. If breast pain is severe, can be used cold pain. Remember the milk out after the cold.
7, folk remedies. Health pie (i.e. fermented flour) two, pressed into flat circular points deposited on both sides of the breast, once every 24 hours, the effect is also very good.
8, see a doctor. If the swelling is not relieved, the pain continues, please ask the doctor to prescribe painkillers.