Almost every second woman who is breastfeeding, is faced with a situation where no reason, no reason at all quantities of milk decreases. TOak quickly it copes with a crisis of lactation and to continue breastfeeding?
Nutrition plays almost the most important role in a person's life, from his birth. For crumbs, just born, breast milk - it's the best food, which is created by nature itself. That it contains all the useful components that it is vital for the full development. However, virtually every nursing mother is faced with such a problem, when, during the established and stable lactation starts drastic reduction of milk production.What causes this phenomenon?
Causes of lactation crisis can be both physiological and psychological. But mostly, the decrease in milk production has no apparent cause. But, despite this, the majority of women, it can occur in 3-6 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months.
Reducing the flow of milk in lactation period can last for about a week. But without knowing this information, many nursing moms begin to feed your baby formula milk, believing that She came precisely the period when milk is the beginning of "go" forever or altogether cease breast feeding.
This is an extremely erroneous and opinions, and actions. The thing is that at the time when a woman begins to feed the baby artificially, her body goes out of crisis, and on the contrary - it begins to "understand" that is not worth it to produce as much milk as before, so with each passing day it becomes more smaller.
How do you know that this was the lactation crisis?
- The child is constantly "demands" of breastfeeding
- Feeding become very frequent and long
- Kid becomes restless, nervous and moody during breastfeeding
- Lack of sensation of fullness chest
Despite the fact that lactation crisis may occur and cause, and there are obvious his "provocateurs":
Period when comes the rapid surge in the development of the child, and he begins to actively crawl or walk, it is necessary to constantly replenish energy reserves. And in fact it is not my mother becomes less milk, but it is in a child increases the need for its quantity.
Chronic fatigue and lack of sleep momcan also provoke lactation crisis.
Improperly organized crumbs diet, A rare attachment to his chest, and the frequent use of pacifiers can also be an agent provocateur crisis.
Normally, this crisis only lasts about 4 days or a maximum of 7 days, and the main task of women - do not panic, there is nothing wrong with this crisis. A small shortage of milk for a full-term and healthy crumbs exactly no impact on its development. The most important thing - to calm down and begin to carry out a few simple rules, which quickly restore the same quantity of milk:
- Often apply crumbs to the breastEven if it seems that the milk in the breast is absolutely no.
- Increase the number of nighttime feedingsGiven the fact that the most active period of the arrival of milk falls in the period from 2 to 4 nights, as at this time the most produced hormones such as prolactin and oxytocin, responsible for lactation.
- Try to give as much time to rest and sleep.Somewhat stroked diapers and washed the floor, does not affect the baby's health and development. The establishment of lactation is much more important!
- Naladte your dietand pay special attention to its balancing. Eating adequate amounts of protein, fat and carbohydrates per day, you will encourage the normalization of the arrival of a sufficient amount of milk.
- Drink plenty of fluids - up to 2 liters per day. The main part of this rule is to hold water, but do not forget about lactation teas, as well as a compote of dried fruits. All drinks, including water, should be used in the form of heat - it stimulates greater milk flow. Often many nursing mothers mistakenly believe that the liquid - the cause of swelling, but it is not so, water displays the excess fluid from the body. The main thing - the right to use it (no more than 0.75 ml at a time).
- Before serving, a little massage your breasts and apply a towel soaked in warm water.
Lactation crisis can not happen if the nursing mother will stick to the regime of proper nutrition, drink enough water and other fluids, as much as possible, as much as possible, relax and get enough sleep.
Also be sure to ask about what lactostasis and how quickly to cope with it without harming your health
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