What to do if you have a milk blockage while breastfeeding

Breastfeeding blockage may be caused by excessive milk secretion, incorrect breastfeeding methods, blocked milk ducts, etc. It can be dealt with by emptying the milk, changing the breastfeeding methods, adjusting the diet, and applying hot compresses and massages. 1. Excessive milk secretion: women’s milk secretion is too much, the viscosity is too large, resulting in blockage, thus the phenomenon of milk blockage, increase the number of breastfeeding to the baby, you can also use the breast pump to suck out the milk, may reduce the phenomenon of milk blockage 2. Incorrect breastfeeding: incorrect breastfeeding, breastfeeding is not timely after emptying the breast, also easy to cause repeated blockage, to change the method of breastfeeding, each time the two sides of the milk to empty, in order to reduce the occurrence of blockage. 3. Mammary duct blockage: usually too rich in nutrition, the fat content in the milk increased, resulting in milk stagnation in the mammary ducts, there will be repeated blockage of milk, usually pay attention to the diet of the light, try not to eat high-fat foods, each breast before the appropriate hot compresses and massage breasts, can dredge the mammary ducts, improve the phenomenon of milk blockage. If the breastfeeding blockage is serious, you need to go to the hospital in time for targeted treatment.