I. About diet During breastfeeding, you should pay more attention to eating healthy and drinking sufficient amount of fluids. Ensure adequate nutrition, but also avoid too greasy food. Flatulence Flatulence and milk stagnation are very common during breastfeeding. You should pay attention to breastfeeding on demand rather than on time. If you don’t breastfeed on a certain occasion or if your mammary glands are still swollen and milk is stagnant after breastfeeding, you should breastfeed in time or use manipulation to drain the milk. In addition, soaking in warm water and applying hot compresses to the breasts are good ways to relieve breast swelling and assist in unblocking the milk ducts, but it should be noted that hot compresses should be avoided if there are signs of mastitis such as redness and swelling of the breasts and fever. Blockage of milk ducts During the first month after delivery, due to the lack of milk ducts and experience in breastfeeding, blockage of milk ducts may occur. Strengthening breastfeeding can help to unblock the milk ducts to a certain extent, but if the problem still cannot be solved, the milk ducts can be unblocked by using maneuvers to drain the breasts. Simple methods are as follows: First, stimulate the nipple to stimulate the milk-expelling reflex. Lubricate the skin, and start from the location of the breast without lesions to discharge milk in a radial pattern from the surrounding to the nipple, and then discharge the part of the breast lump. Gently press the skin near the areola and massage the distal end to produce thrust. Note the presence of cracked nipples, inflammatory lesions, and small plugs at the ductal openings. Observe for purulent discharge when discharging a milk collection. It is sufficient to discharge the accumulated milk from the mammary glands and to loosen the glands evenly. If the breast complex cannot be unblocked in time, a stiff lump is formed, resulting in a prolonged course of the patient’s illness, delayed breastfeeding, or even forced interruption of breastfeeding. If the use of home milk discharge techniques still can not relieve the milk stagnation, need to go to the hospital in time for breast duct unblocking treatment. Fourth, about breast pain Breast pain is very common in breastfeeding, mostly manifested as pain in the breast itself and nipple pain. There are two kinds of pain: physiological and pathological. Most of the pain occurs before breastfeeding and is related to increased pressure, and some of the pain occurs after breastfeeding. Hot compresses and other methods can be used to relieve breast pain, but if the pain is too severe, you can go to the hospital for physiotherapy. Fifth, cracked nipples When breastfeeding, the baby’s incorrect sucking posture, or carelessness in removing the baby after feeding, may cause nipple pain and breakage. If the nipple is cracked, the baby should not suckle on that side of the breast, and should wait for it to heal before breastfeeding, and the milk should be squeezed out to avoid swelling. Cracked nipples are very painful and can lead to breast infections. Licorice oil gauze or egg yolk oil gauze can be used for treatment, which can promote wound healing as soon as possible. Early stage inflammation can be relieved by using manipulation to drain the breast and the homemade “Hibiscus Cream” made by the TCM hospital. Once it enters the abscess stage, the treatment cycle will be prolonged. The pain of surgical incision can be avoided as much as possible by puncturing and extracting the pus.