With the arrival of the baby, the mother-to-be will not be able to enjoy the happiness of being a mother for the first time and will have to go into a new and protracted war of breastfeeding. A good start is half the battle, and it’s a skilled job to make a good start and get back to breastfeeding in a healthy and proper way. Today’s article will help you to have a good start and a perfect ending. The amount of breast milk – from something to nothing, from less to more After a long pregnancy, our breast tissue is well prepared and ready to go. But it doesn’t mean that once the baby is born, the milk will come in like a flood. Often the milk starts to increase slowly during the first week, it’s a gradual process, don’t be in a hurry. High estrogen and prolactin exist together before pregnancy, but high estrogen levels tend to suppress prolactin so that we don’t lactate a lot during pregnancy and waste our child’s future “rations”. After the baby is born and estrogen is out of the picture, the lactogen finally hits its stride and starts to build up slowly, making the milk production increase every day. In the first few days, the milk is not as thick and white as we thought, but a transparent liquid, do not underestimate the small amount of colostrum, which is rich in many protein antibodies, is the most precious and nutritious food for babies. The baby’s sucking reflex makes the body lactation hormone advantage gradually obvious after one month after delivery, the milk volume will slowly increase. Some mothers don’t understand this gradual process and try to squeeze their breasts very vigorously immediately after delivery, trying to increase the amount of milk through this process. In fact, this is because they overexerted themselves, causing small capillaries in the mammary glands to rupture and bleed. The most important thing is to take good care of this “breadbasket” and respect the laws of nature. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a lot of money for the purpose of the actual project. You can eat more soups, such as peanut and pig’s foot soup, red bean and carp soup and other protein to replenish your strength. The Chinese medicine can be supplemented with some Wang Bu Liuxiang, Tong Cao, etc. However, you can’t rely too much on diet for milk, after all, everyone’s glandular volume is different, the field size is different natural harvest is not the same. Here to popularize, not the larger the breast the more milk, depends on the composition of the breast is more fat or glandular, fat is not milk production, only the glandular will be a constant source of milk production. So it can explain the confusion of many patients why my breasts are so big but there is no milk, and also give some friends with small breasts a comfort, small breasts but relatively more glands, the key is to look at the ratio of glands to fat, small breasts can also be a big milk producer. In order to have more milk, let the child suckle as much as possible to increase this stimulation, one to increase mother and baby communication to deepen the relationship, and secondly, also facilitate the production of more milk. To sum up, if you want more milk, eat more and feed more, the more you eat the more you have. The actual posture of breastfeeding is a technical task, not simply stuffing the nipple into the baby’s mouth. This is a very important thing, the posture is not right even if you have milk again, the baby will not appreciate. I would rather have a bottle than your breasts, so that the bottle, which does not produce milk but is just a milk carrier guy to steal your thunder. Find a comfortable position for DD to sit or lie down, hold your baby on your chest or let your baby sleep next to you. The baby’s whole body should be facing the mother, not just the head. Help your baby suckle in the correct position. The baby should hold the whole nipple, including the areola. Help your baby to hold the nipple in the center of her mouth, the more of the areola you hold, the better. If necessary, press the breast down a bit to provide enough breathing space for your baby. Adjust your position and your baby’s position at all times while breastfeeding. The more relaxed you are, the smoother the breastfeeding process will be. The whole process of breastfeeding is a growing and learning process for your baby along with your mother, and it requires patience and persistence on her part. Let’s work together. Breastfeeding is a win-win situation for both mother and baby. For mothers, breastfeeding reduces the incidence of breast cancer and provides relief for breast enlargement, while for children, breast milk is the most natural food, rich in various nutrients and immune antibodies. Therefore, we recommend breastfeeding for at least six months. However, for various reasons, mothers need to return to breastfeeding. It is important to know the correct method. For mothers with very little milk, reducing the number of breastfeeding and lengthening the interval between breastfeeding will inhibit the neurofeedback mechanism mentioned above, the brain commands the breast to produce less and less milk, and the milk will be returned successfully in a week or so. High estrogen level, usually about a week will be obvious effect. Bromocriptine: 2.5 mg twice daily for 2 weeks, up to 21 days if necessary. The adverse effects of this drug are particularly important to note. Some patients may experience nausea, and a very small number of patients may experience dizziness, fatigue, vomiting or diarrhea, but not so severe as to require discontinuation of the drug. So it is recommended that mothers who choose this way of returning milk should avoid driving or some work that requires high concentration while taking the medicine. Vitamin B6: Mothers with less milk can choose this method, but remember to take a larger dose, usually three times a day, 10-20 capsules at a time, don’t worry about the damage caused by such a large dose, vitamin B6 is water soluble, the amount that cannot be absorbed is excreted naturally from the urine. This method is not recommended for mothers with a lot of milk Chinese medicine: fried raw malt: please see, it is raw malt, not cooked malt, and the amount of water to soak enough to drink to about 1L per day, generally not alone as a method to return milk, need to be combined with other methods skin nitrate: also become mannitol, external application has a certain effect on the return of milk, but bitter cold, should not be used for a long time in summary, according to your own situation to choose the right method, there are a few reminders TIP1 Many articles mention that you should not express milk when returning milk, this is a bit one-sided, I think for mothers who have a lot of milk to return milk should be gradual, reduce the number of times to lengthen the interval, absolutely no milking, it will cause excessive filling of the mammary glands painful, and even cause mastitis (see “Acute mastitis on the bumpy road of breastfeeding”). TIP2 Various methods of breastfeeding do not have a great impact on the body. These western medicines only create a short-term advantage in hormone volume, and there is no scientific evidence to correlate with the occurrence of breast cancer in the future. Proper use of medication is safe and effective. TIP3 Any kind of milk return is not a way to return a drop of milk in the breast, even a small amount of milk will appear within a few years of the return, which is a normal phenomenon and need not be overly nervous Finally finished this article, will usually a large number of clinical problems summary to all mothers to make a comprehensive introduction. It’s a good thing to get a posture, new mothers, hurry up and be happy!