Some mothers are anxious when they face insufficient breast milk after giving birth, so today we will talk about the causes and solutions.
First of all the performance of insufficient breast milk.
1, the mother feels that her breasts are empty.
2, the baby takes a long time to eat milk, sucking hard but can not hear the continuous swallowing sound, sometimes suddenly let go of the nipple cry more than.
3, the baby does not sleep well, often cries soon after eating milk and turns his head back and forth to look for the nipple.
4.The baby has a small number of bowel movements and a small amount.
5.No weight gain or slow growth.
The amount of breast milk needed to supply the baby is only part of the milk secreted by the mammary glands, so as long as there is determination breastfeeding is generally successful.
But why some women do not produce enough milk?
This may have some reasons as follows.
1, the mother feeds too few times: long periods of time without breastfeeding or extended feeding intervals are not only detrimental to the secretion of milk, but also lead to insufficient milk.
2, improper feeding: newborns do not suckle early after birth, and do not breastfeed on demand; mother and baby separated, using bottle feeding and cause “nipple illusion”, resulting in newborns do not want to suck breast milk; mother because of nipple pain and do not want the newborn sucking and other factors, can lead to insufficient milk.
3. Insufficient sucking time for infants: The number of times of breastfeeding and sucking time per 24 hours is not enough, so that the infant sucks for 5-10 minutes at both breasts. If the baby falls asleep while breastfeeding, he should be woken up by tapping both cheeks.
4.Inappropriate addition of supplementary food: Some mothers feed their babies milk and sugar water etc. due to low milk production and sucking too little causing a decrease in breast milk.
5.Incorrect sucking posture of infants: It can lead to infants not sucking milk and not stimulating the lactation reflex.
6.Lack of confidence and enthusiasm of the mother: psychological support should be given at this time to inform the correct method of feeding. Such problems can often be avoided if the mother and baby are in the same room as early as possible after delivery.
7.Mother’s poor nutrition and rest: it will not be conducive to lactation reflex, and the quality of milk is also affected.
8, poor oral motor function of the baby; such as facial defects can also interfere with breastfeeding, affecting the secretion of milk, at this time can use milking or sucking method of feeding.
9, the mother’s mammary gland dysplasia; breast dysplasia, breast surgery, nipple depression, re-pregnancy, mother’s low thyroid function, etc., can reduce milk secretion.
10. Having diseases or taking drugs that affect the secretion of milk, placental residue, etc. can lead to insufficient milk.
Temporary lack of breast milk by the mother for various reasons can cause some adverse consequences, such as slow weight gain of the baby in mild cases, or malnutrition and various complications of the baby in severe cases.
When breast milk is insufficient, in addition to feeding breast milk, other milk or milk substitutes should be used to supplement the nutritional needs by artificial feeding methods and mixed feeding. According to the baby’s situation, the following feeding can be done.
1, for small-month-old babies, you can first feed about 10 minutes of breast milk, and then supplemented with a certain amount of formula, so that both the first to eat the high nutritional value of breast milk, but also to supplement the lack of high-quality protein.
2, such as infants after eating breast milk, refused to eat dairy foods, and breast milk in an interval after not feeding, the amount of milk is still enough to eat once, you can take a pure breast milk, the next meal completely fed formula or other milk replacement food interval feeding method.
3.According to the mother’s work or other reasons, she can arrange to eat breast milk in the morning and evening, and feed 1-2 times more milk or other milk substitute foods.
4, such as breast milk is not too short, you can use a feeding of pure breast milk, the next feeding of breast milk after the addition of a certain amount of milk substitute feeding interval feeding method, or more breast milk, and other milk or products only 1-2 times.
5, individual infants such as eating breast milk after refusing to eat other milk or milk substitute, and breast milk is not enough to eat a full meal, you have to take the formula first after eating breast milk approach.
The amount of supplemental milk or milk substitute should be determined according to the lack of breast milk. If the baby can eat all of it, you can try to add some more, as long as there is a full performance after eating, and digestion is normal, and then adjust the amount according to the growth of the age. Then when giving mixed feeding to a baby with insufficient breast milk, you must pay attention to the baby’s monthly age and choose the appropriate mixed feeding method. Pay attention to the baby’s stool situation, whether the number of abnormal, how the baby’s mental state, if there are abnormal, timely adjustment.