For each mother, the periods of pregnancy and lactation are the most tender and touching time when the connection with the child is particularly strong. Due to a specific hormonal background, a woman, being pregnant or nursing, is especially sensitive and is determined to create. She wants to spend a lot of time with the child, caress him, lull him and play with him.
Breastfeeding and a new pregnancy
There is an opinion that you can not get pregnant while breastfeeding. This is partly true. Due to the regular production in the body of a breastfeeding woman, the hormone prolactin, responsible for the presence of breast milk, suppresses the hormone progesterone, which is responsible for the maturation of the egg, which is expressed by the absence of regular menstruation in a woman. In the case of frequent application of the baby to the breast, progesterone is produced in scant amounts, and therefore the probability of a new pregnancy is negligible. If the intervals between feedings are more than 4 hours, the risk of becoming pregnant while breastfeeding increases.
Nevertheless, the foregoing, as well as the frequent births of the weather, indicate that lactation is not a reliable method of contraception, and it is easy to get pregnant while breastfeeding. The onset of a new pregnancy can be a complete surprise for a nursing mother. About its beginning, she may not suspect,
Pregnancy during feeding
Pregnancy during breastfeeding can have its own peculiarities of flow, and therefore requires special observation. The fact that breastfeeding during pregnancy can cause a threat of interruption. This is due to the production of the hormone oxytocin, which responds to stimulation of the breast and in response causes a rush of milk to the mammary glands. However, the presence of oxytocin in the woman's blood provokes not only lactation, but also contractions of the uterus, because it stimulates the birth activity. This circumstance can adversely affect the development of a new pregnancy and provoke a miscarriage. In case of such a threat, it is recommended that a woman stop breastfeeding and go to hospital.