Breastfeeding, the mother’s most worrying questions, lactation consultant to answer

1. About “milk” Mothers are often worried that their milk will “come down” late. Especially after giving birth, family members, friends, and medical staff will keep asking the mother, “Did you get milk?” First of all, such questioning is not recommended and can easily cause mental stress to the mother. Secondly, it is basically impossible to produce a lot of milk immediately on the first day after delivery. Usually, the mother will have a physiological breast rise in 24 to 72 hours, and at this time, the baby needs to suck frequently to relieve the discomfort caused by the breast rise. And frequent breastfeeding is an important prerequisite to ensure lactation. 2, on-demand feeding Often I hear mothers say, how often do you want to feed your baby? Throw away the timer in your hand, look at the state of the baby to decide, according to the needs of the baby to feed. Unlike formula, breast milk has a shorter digestion time and it is up to the baby to decide how long and how often to eat, the baby should have the initiative. It is not possible to make sure that your child has eaten enough at every meal. But don’t worry, the baby will get it back on its own at the next meal. So, the best thing a mother can do is to nurse when her baby needs it. 3.How to judge whether the mother’s milk is enough (whether the baby is full) One of the important factors to judge whether the mother’s milk is enough is the amount of urine: 6~8 times in 24 hours (about 4~5 diapers); another factor is the weight: 500~600g growth per month is the standard, but the weight growth is subject to more constraints, so it is recommended to refer to see. In addition, you can also refer to the growth curve to see how your baby is developing. We do not recommend comparing with neighboring children, because weight, height and genetics also have great factors. 4, breast milk and sleep Many mothers will reflect that my baby does not sleep a lot. In fact, sleep and breast milk do not have much to do with each other. According to the characteristics of breast milk easy to digest and newborns, it is very possible for babies to sleep short. Baby’s sleep is divided into light sleep and deep sleep. A cycle is 45 minutes, and little babies wake up frequently because they do not yet have the ability to transition between deep and light sleep on their own. Some studies say that babies have the ability to do this usually around the age of 2. 5, the color of milk and nutrition Is light milk is no nutrition? The previous generation should have heard the term “gray milk”, that is, not pure white, a little transparent color, looks like gray kind of milk. This kind of breast milk is usually considered as not nutritious. In fact, breast milk is divided into fore milk and hind milk, with fore milk being light in color and containing more lactose and hind milk being dark in color and containing more fat. During a breastfeeding session, foremilk and hindmilk can alternate or appear one after the other. Therefore, it is not reasonable to say that breast milk is not nutritious if the color is light. 6, about jaundice For physiological jaundice, breastfed babies sometimes recede more slowly, and some may even take 3 to 4 months. To observe the laboratory indicators, if the indicators are within the controllable range, there is no need to stop breastfeeding. 7, when it is better to leave breast milk breast milk is actually a matter of two people, mother and baby, feeding to what time should be made by the mother and baby to decide.