Milk too much milk how to do?

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Breastfeeding is the best birth gift for the baby. Every postpartum mother hopes to achieve pure breastfeeding. But sometimes too much milk is also a sweet burden, the baby always eat up milk, milk up too much milk how to do? Let's talk about it

Milk too much milk how to do?

If you start to raise milk in the hospital after delivery, you can use the breast pump to suck out the excess milk and soften the areola, so that the baby can hold the milk correctly and empty the breast milk more effectively. Breast milk in the first week after delivery and not too much, so the breast a little swelling, to the third, four weeks after delivery, milk will be gushing, this time the baby can't finish eating, it's best to suck out the excess, this can alleviate breast swelling symptoms, avoid further deterioration.

Use a cold compress or ice bag on the breast, can reduce the symptoms of milk. In the past, many people thought that hot compress could alleviate the situation of milk swelling. However, hot compress would make milk swelling more serious. When cold compress, to avoid frostbite, mother can put a layer of cloth between the ice bag and breast, until the swelling is reduced, milk flow out. Cold compress can also relieve breast fever and pain.

If the milk, areola is too swollen, the baby can not eat milk, you can squeeze out some milk before feeding, soften areola, so that the baby can contain areola. If the baby is not full, then you'd better use a breast pump every 2-3 hours to suck out the milk and ensure the normal milk supply.

matters needing attention

If you can't, you can use a breast pump to help suck out the excess milk. But when using the breast pump, we must pay attention to hygiene, especially the new mamma with damaged areola skin, so as to avoid bacterial invasion and infection.