Sometimes it happens that for some reason the mother can not breastfeed her baby. It is very unpleasant when breastfeeding is forcedly interrupted, it can be not only a psychological trauma for the child or the mother, mother's milk is the most important food for the baby, which contains all the necessary nutrients for the growing up organism.
Loss of breast milk can be caused by various causes, such as hospitalization of a mother or child, which means that the child is transferred to artificial feeding before the time limit, it is also possible that the baby was weak at birth, and weakly sucked the breast, resulting in the milk simply ceased to be produced , and the mother did not know how to maintain lactation. But do not get upset before the time, lactation can be restored. There have been cases of lactation occurring in nulliparous mothers, in foster mothers, and even in women with a deleted uterus.
How to increase lactation?
There are many ways to increase and improve lactation of milk. To enhance lactation, mom, first of all, needs a good rest and a healthy sleep. Perhaps for a while mom will need a housework assistant, since during this period, mom needs to stay with the child and have more rest. To stimulate lactation, you need to put the baby to the breast more often, put it to bed nearby, feed it, hold the bottle near the nipple, and offer the baby to take the breast without trying to force it, or even worse not to feed at all, and wait until the hungry child himself attacks chest. The kid should realize that the mother's breast is the safest and most comfortable place for him, and in time he will understand that here they also feed well!
Contact "skin-to-skin" significantly improves lactation, and creates a very strong psychological connection between the mother and the child. As a way to increase lactation, skin-to-skin contact gave an opportunity to breast-feed women who never gave birth, because at the moment of corporal union of the mother with the child, the level of the "love hormone" - oxytocin and "maternal hormone" - prolactin, which is responsible for the production of milk. A little time and patience, and instincts will do their job. When the child begins to take a little breast to strengthen and increase lactation, try to apply it more often to both mammary glands, alternately for 15-20 minutes.
How to increase the amount of breast milk if the baby does not take the breast?
If the child does not yet take the breast, mom will have to stimulate lactation on her own. To do this, you need to use products that increase lactation, use folk remedies for lactation, and do massage to increase lactation. All these procedures in the complex will work efficiently with the use of expression. Even if there is still no milk in the breast, if it is done regularly, it will appear. Expressions can also be done when milk is already there, just to increase lactation. Expressions can be done manually and with the use of a breast pump. Before expressing, massage your chest lightly to develop the milk ducts.
Products for increased lactation
Lactogenic products are an excellent means for increasing lactation. Brynza, Adyghe cheese, carrots, nuts and seeds are indispensable products for increasing lactation, especially in combination with lactogen beverages, such as black currant juice or walnut syrup, as well as carrot juice. Green tea, natural juices, and various drinks on a sour milk basis, drunk just before feeding are also considered an effective means for improving lactation.
Special teas for increasing lactation can not only increase the flow of milk, but also have a general strengthening effect on the body. Among the variety of existing soluble teas from different manufacturers, you can choose the one that will not only increase lactation, but also have a beneficial effect on the entire body.
There are also medicines to improve and increase lactation - it is nicotinic acid, vitamin E, apilac, etc.
These are the most effective ways to increase lactation, and you can choose the most suitable for yourself, or apply them in a complex.
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