As soon as the baby is born, the next question arises in front of mom: how to feed him. Slowly, the woman and the newborn baby are getting accustomed to each other, and everything, it would seem, is going fine: the baby takes his breasts well, moistens milk with pleasure, and suddenly the terrible news: there is not enough milk. We all know that not a single “most-most” mixture can replace breast milk, so young mothers are trying to increase its intake by all possible means.
How to enhance lactation? I think that every mother at least once thought about this issue. What is used in such cases: they drink special drinks, apply tablets for lactation (apilak, meloin), etc. There are so many ways to increase milk flow that it is sometimes difficult to separate myths and truth. After analyzing the contents of several articles written for young mothers, we get the following.
How to increase lactation. We pay due attention to the diet.
Doctors advise gradually expanding their diet, including a variety of healthy foods, fruits and vegetables, otherwise milk will not be produced from anything. Any hunger strike is excluded! You can deny yourself only in sweets and bakery products. As for fish, meat and dairy / dairy products, they should be on the table daily (in small quantities).
In addition, it is important to drink at least two liters of fluid during the day. It is recommended to drink a cup of your favorite drink (not coffee and strong tea) half an hour before feeding the baby and half an hour after.
On sale there are special teas to enhance lactation - an excellent tool, provided that the mother eats well and rests. In addition, you can use drinks, which are credited with the property of increasing milk production. These include herbal decoctions, stewed fruit, rosehip broth, tea with milk (however, doctors are skeptical of tea with milk as a means of stimulating milk production).
How to increase lactation. We pay due attention to the care of the chest area.
Good reviews of young mothers are recorded about procedures such as breast massage and contrast shower. A shower should be taken twice a day - in the morning and in the evening, alternating a warm stream and a cool one, and you should finish pouring over your chest with warm water. First, we carry out a contrasting dousing of one breast, then another, after which it is recommended to do a clockwise pouring motion with a water stream, and then move the "rain" (not forgetting to alternate warm and cool water) into the area of the shoulder blades for several minutes.
The final procedure is a massage of the breast with oil. Massage movements are performed clockwise and do not cover the area of the nipple and areola.
How to increase lactation. We pay due attention to our beloved.
Even provided that the mother will eat right, apply a contrast shower and massage, perform special exercises for the breast, milk may arrive in the same small amount. The central role in increasing lactation is given to rest. How much does mom usually sleep? And how much time does she devote to herself? How often does she walk in the fresh air? That's just the same, value and love yourself, pay more attention, and the body will reciprocate.
Now a few words about decantation and frequent application. There is no consensus on these methods, someone expressing really stimulates the production of milk, someone does not. Doctors say that this method is effective only if back milk is expressed.
Frequent attachment is preferable in this regard - how much the child sucks, so much will arrive. This is in theory, but in practice it does not always work out that way.
How to increase lactation. We pay due attention to physical exercises.
Do the following exercises every morning:
· Dilute straight arms to the sides. We cross our arms in front of ten accounts in front of us, each time raising our arms higher so that with a score of “10” the arms are above your head. Repeat 10-15 times.
· Bend your elbows and connect your palms so that your fingertips are at chest level. In two counts, we press our palms against each other, relaxing our palms for two more counts, without lowering them, we repeat the exercise another 6-9 times.
In addition, there is an opinion that homeopathic remedies, the use of birch sap, walnuts, and eating watermelons contribute to an increase in lactation. Doctors look at this, to put it mildly, disapprovingly.