How to breastfeed successfully?

The benefits of breastfeeding are self-evident, but what to do to increase the success rate of breastfeeding is still an important proposition. To achieve successful breastfeeding, adequate breast milk is the first step, followed by the correct posture and feeding method. And to avoid some inappropriate misconceptions. First of all, we need to understand the factors that affect the production of breast milk: 1, the mother’s good mood and self-confidence, is the key to produce breast milk; maternal general 48 to 72 hours after the birth of a newborn baby most of them can feel the swelling of the breast, this time is the result of the action of prolactin. The production of hormones is still very subtle, what we know now is that the baby’s suckling and the mother’s good mood are very important. If the mother is concerned about the impact of breastfeeding on her body shape or if she can’t stand the conflict between the baby and her biological clock and becomes bored, most of the organism will cooperate to reduce the secretion of prolactin until no breast milk is secreted. Before the invention of infant formula, there was rarely a lack of breast milk because in this case, mothers had no choice, so they could be free of distractions, while modern mothers see that their children can suck a constant stream of formula and no longer rely on their own intermittent breast milk, it is easy to give up exclusive breastfeeding. 2, the baby’s sucking and the timely emptying of milk is the best stimulus for the mother to secrete milk; now many maternity homes, including maternity schools, will tell the mother and baby to be in the same room and to suck early. Lactation is magical, it can secrete colostrum containing sufficient immune substances in the early stages of the newborn, and also secrete the corresponding amount of breast milk according to how much the baby sucks, so breastfed babies should not worry at all about their children becoming obese. In fact, the amount of breast milk produced each time is not fixed, so there is no need to feed the baby for 2 or a few hours, if the baby is sleeping, there is no need to disturb it, and it is easy for the mother to master her child’s habits, and this habit can be adjusted. There are also mothers who cannot breastfeed their babies in the middle of the night because they have to go to work. If you can’t start breastfeeding immediately after birth because your baby is sick or for any other reason, you don’t have to be discouraged. Now the nurses in the hospital will tell the parents to try to suck the baby’s breast milk, if the baby still cries, the breast milk is not enough then add milk powder, in fact, this is also very methodical, otherwise the baby will be artificially tired of sucking breast milk, many parents are afraid that their children do not eat enough The baby is still crying after eating breast milk or not sleeping at all, so they think it is not enough breast milk and give the baby milk powder immediately, but this way for a period of time the baby is eating the bottle without effort and does not want to suck breast milk hard, this way the mother’s stimulation is less and less, breast milk will be less and less, so when you see such a situation parents should look at the reason for the baby crying and try to give a few meals when the mother feels that breast milk is sufficient. If the baby is still not sucking, don’t immediately give the formula to eat, you can play with them for a while, or eat some water, half an hour or an hour apart is better. 3, adequate and balanced nutrition is the basis of lactation, the consumption of lactating mothers is very large, if the mother does not have any physical labor, at least 1.5 times the original nutritional intake, a balanced diet is to include grains, vegetables, fruits, beans, milk, meat, aquatic products, eggs and other kinds of food, should be rich and diverse, the Chinese tradition has “There is a lactating mother who hardly ate fresh fruits and vegetables during the month and then found that her teeth were bleeding every day, and she thought she had some blood disease and was nervous. The parents and the doctor thought for a long time that they did not know what caused the allergy, but after asking the mother about her diet, they found out that they had to eat 5 to 6 earth eggs every day during the month, so it was possible that there were too many allergens caused by breast milk. The allergy was caused by too many allergenic substances through breast milk, but later changed to eating 1 or 2 eggs and the eczema slowly disappeared. The traditional Chinese carp or pig’s foot stew still has a certain role in promoting milk. The success rate of breastfeeding is lower for mothers who have given birth by caesarean section because of the pain of the postpartum wounds and bloating before the exhaustion will affect the good mood and the inability to suckle the breast milk. After that, parents will not be able to resist giving the baby enough milk powder when they see the baby crying with hunger, and slowly the baby will not like to suck the breast milk. In fact, caesarean section can also be done early feeding, feeding on demand, because the nature of the baby will suck, even if the mother can not move because of the pain of the wound, you can let family members hold the baby lying on the mother sucking, this sucking even if there is no milk out of the mother and child is good comfort, but also can promote the mother’s uterus rejuvenation, and 5 to 6 hours after the caesarean section, the mother can turn over, and even some think that As long as the mother is able to turn over, she should be able to breastfeed well. If the baby is not sucking well and has to be fed with milk powder, it is important to note that the mother’s breast must be sucked well, not artificially make the baby tired of sucking on the nipple. 2, breastfeeding has a negative impact on the shape of the breast and body shape Now there are many women who hold this view, breast sagging, flabby should be mainly related to individual physique, after all, there is the production of multiple babies are breastfed still firm breasts, there is no nursing baby but the shape of a lot of changes in women, so this view is not based on science, now there is a basis for the reverse is not Breastfeeding women have a much higher incidence of breast cancer and gynecological tumors than breastfeeding women. If mothers are unable to guarantee exclusive breastfeeding, it is best to ensure 4 months of breastfeeding, at least until the baby sucks the first 7 days of colostrum. 3, the breast of the small most of the breast milk less This idea is taken for granted, if this is the case, that most of the oriental babies are going to starve, it is unthinkable. In fact, in the first 4 months of breastfeeding without supplementation, as long as you can produce 100ml of milk in one feeding, it is enough for your baby to eat. The decision to stop breastfeeding should be made with caution because of the great protective effect of breast milk on the child, so any decision to stop breastfeeding and use milk products should be made with caution, especially in families with parents or grandparents who have allergies. Many of these children were born with milk protein allergy because they used formula during the first few days of life because of low breast milk or because of breast milk jaundice, and although the exposure was low, the milk protein allergy was formed, resulting in a clear “milk protein allergy” under breastfeeding later. Families with a family history of allergies should contact a professional pediatrician to develop a proper feeding plan.