Breastfeeding: what to look for during pregnancy

To make breastfeeding successful, what should be paid attention to during pregnancy? 1, receive health education: health care personnel should be pregnant women and their husbands, mothers, mothers and other publicity about breastfeeding knowledge, so that pregnant women firmly establish breastfeeding confidence, and to obtain the support of the family and society. 2, pay attention to nutrition during pregnancy: mother’s malnutrition will cause fetal intrauterine development, but also can affect the postnatal milk secretion. Throughout pregnancy and breastfeeding need enough nutrition, eat more food rich in protein, vitamins and minerals to prepare for lactation. 3, breast preparation: breast is the baby’s natural food bank, the vast majority of mothers will have enough milk to feed the baby 4-6 months, very few mothers with flat nipples, after the baby sucks on the nipple, the nipple will be erect, so there is no need to massage the breast. In the late stages of pregnancy should often use warm water to scrub nipples, avoid using soap and alcohol scrub. For individual pregnant women with inverted nipples, timely correction of inverted nipples during pregnancy is the key to successful breastfeeding. 4.Regular prenatal checkups, timely detection of abnormalities and immediate correction. Healthy pregnancy, smooth labor and delivery, sufficient milk, breastfeeding is easy to succeed.