How can I get my milk back if I get angry and my milk is not coming back? Can I get my milk back if I get angry and my milk is not coming back?

Postpartum mothers are prone to mood swings due to hormone changes. At this time, they need more care and concern from their family members. Family members should protect the mood of postpartum mothers and not just care about the baby after birth. Because the state of postpartum mothers directly affects the milk supply, today I will share with you how to stop the milk supply when the mother is angry.

Will being angry cause milk to come back?

Anger inhibits milk secretion

When you are angry, the secretion of adrenal cortex hormones increases, which has an inhibitory effect on prolactin levels.

Anger inhibits milk production

Negative stress and emotions can reduce the level of oxytocin secretion, making it difficult for milk to come in. When the baby swallows milk in large gulps, milk comes in, and the lactating cells and mammary ducts contract, squeezing the milk toward the nipple and sending a large amount of milk into the baby's mouth.

The good news is that the withdrawal of milk caused by anger is temporary, not permanent. Because these changes caused by hormone levels in the body will no longer exist once the hormone levels return to normal. So mothers should remember:

Being angry does cause milk to dry up—temporarily, not permanently.

Some people are angry and stop breastfeeding permanently, what's going on?

Because some mothers get angry when they see that their milk is drying up, and they have a new thing to be angry about, and every time they see that their baby is not enjoying the milk, they get angry. This is equivalent to taking "milk-drying medicine sustained-release capsules".

Not only that, once the mother sees that there is less milk, she does not activate the "calming down" mode, but instead activates the "adding milk powder" mode. This will cause the FIL factor in the breast, which was originally the mother's ally, to rebel and become a factor that is unfavorable to breastfeeding.

FIL in breast milk is called prolactin inhibitory factor. Although the name is scary, it helps mothers breastfeed comfortably. Under normal circumstances, FIL helps mothers with too much milk reduce milk production, achieve supply and demand balance as soon as possible, and reduce the risk of milk blockage. But once milk powder is added too hastily, the baby eats less breast milk, and FIL suddenly cannot leave the breast with the milk. So when the breast sees them, it thinks that there is too much milk for the baby to finish, and it will automatically reduce milk secretion.

How to save the mother from breastfeeding when she is angry

Since the key lies in anger and stress, what the mother needs to do at this time is to calm down and relax.

First of all, don’t keep blaming yourself after weaning;

Secondly, if you are complaining about someone who has made you angry, it is better to express your complaints all at once, rather than accumulating them and thinking about them every day;

Third, if you have stopped breastfeeding because of something unpleasant, then let it go and move on;

Fourth, use "eating" and "shopping" to take revenge on life, and on the people and things that make you angry! This is the most effective! I guarantee that your milk will return within three days! Of course, don't eat too many greasy foods, and don't go shopping until your breasts are severely swollen. It would be terrible if the milk gets blocked.

Some mothers don’t feel any milk withdrawal at all after getting angry. I must say that it’s because the mothers have such good personalities that the pressure brought by the anger is only a passing moment and is sent away before the mothers even notice it.

How to make lactation porridge

1. Lettuce Seed Porridge

Ingredients: 15 grams of lettuce seeds, 6 grams of licorice, and 100 grams of polished rice.

Method: Crush the lettuce seeds, add licorice, and then add 200 ml of water and cook until 100 ml of water remains. Filter the juice and remove the residue. Put the filtered juice and polished rice into the pot, add water and cook until the rice is soft.

Efficacy Lettuce seeds are the seeds of the Asteraceae plant lettuce. The best ones are those with full grains, dry and free of impurities. It is bitter and cold in nature, can promote lactation and relieve urination. Licorice is sweet and mild in nature, can soothe the stomach and relieve urgency, and harmonize various medicines. Japonica rice porridge is known as "the best thing in the world to nourish people". The combination of these three ingredients is a very good lactation-promoting medicinal diet.

2. Pangolin stewed with hen

Ingredients: 1 old hen, 60 grams of pangolin (processed), appropriate amounts of onion, ginger, garlic, five-spice powder, and refined salt.

Method: Remove the hair and internal organs of the hen, smash the pangolin into small pieces, and stuff it into the chicken's stomach. Put it into the pot, add water and seasonings, and stew until the meat is tender and boneless.

Pangolin is salty and cool in nature, and can help menstruate and promote lactation. Li Shizhen wrote in Compendium of Materia Medica that "women who eat pangolin and pangolin can have a long-lasting milk flow, which also means that it is fast." Chicken is rich in nutrients, sweet, warm and mild in nature, and can replenish both qi and blood.

3. Peanut porridge

Ingredients: 30 grams of peanuts, 8 grams of tongcao, 12 grams of fenugreek, 50 grams of polished rice, and appropriate amount of brown sugar.

First, boil Tongcao and Vaccaria, remove the residue and keep the juice. Then put the juice, peanuts and glutinous rice into the pot, add water and boil. After the peanuts and glutinous rice are cooked, add brown sugar and it is ready to eat.

Efficacy: Tongcao is sweet, mild and cool in nature, enters the lung and stomach meridians, can relieve the lungs, promote urination and promote lactation. Wangbuliuxing is the seed of the Caryophyllaceae plant, which is bitter and flat in nature. The combination of the two medicines is more effective in treating insufficient lactation.

4. Stir-fried yellow pork kidney

Ingredients: 500 grams of pig kidney, 50 grams of day lily, appropriate amounts of starch, ginger, onion, garlic, MSG, sugar, vegetable oil, and refined salt.

Method: Cut the pig kidney into two, remove the fascia and glands and set aside. Heat the pan, add onion, ginger and garlic, and stir-fry until fragrant. Then add kidney and stir-fry for a while. When the kidney changes color and is cooked, add day lily, salt and sugar and stir-fry for a while. Add starch to thicken and stir well. Finally, add MSG.

Efficacy According to TCM theory, pig kidney is salty and flat in nature, and is mainly used to treat kidney deficiency, low back pain, and body and face edema. Daylily is sweet and flat in nature, and can replenish deficiency, promote lactation, and reduce swelling. In addition, the root of daylily also has a lactation effect. This medicinal diet is suitable for lack of milk caused by kidney deficiency.

5. Stewed Pig’s Trotters with Vaccaria

Ingredients: 3-4 pig's trotters, 12 grams of fenugreek, and some seasonings.

Preparation: Wrap the fenugreek with gauze, put it into the pot together with the washed pig's trotters, add water and seasonings and cook until soft before eating.

Efficacy: Pig's trotters are sweet, salty and flat in nature, and are often used to treat insufficient milk. Combined with fenugreek, it has a good effect on insufficient milk.