What should I do if I get pregnant while breastfeeding? Is there still milk during breastfeeding?

Many postpartum mothers enter the lactation period and start sexual life without paying attention to contraception, and as a result, they get pregnant! Pregnancy during lactation is very troublesome, which is not good for both the baby and the mother. So what should I do if I am pregnant during lactation? Is there still milk during lactation? Let's take a look~

Some mothers are careless and think that they do not need to use contraception because they are still breastfeeding and their menstruation has not returned to normal. But then they have an "accident". What should they do at this time? Pregnancy during breastfeeding is a tricky problem. Let us learn about the solutions below.

What to do if you are pregnant during breastfeeding

Getting pregnant during breastfeeding is a tricky thing. Since the uterus has not yet recovered from the last birth, if you have an abortion, it will cause great harm to your body. Therefore, if you have no plans to have children for the time being, you still have to take contraceptive measures.

If you are pregnant during breastfeeding, you should go to the hospital for a checkup as soon as possible to avoid missing the best time for abortion. Whether you can continue breastfeeding should be based on the child's adaptation and physical recovery. If you are sure that you can't have the baby, you can only have an abortion, but medical abortion takes a long time, usually taking medicine for 3 days in a row, and it may not be possible to discharge all at once. If things go wrong, you may have to have an artificial abortion, and you cannot breastfeed during the medication period.

You can also have an artificial abortion directly, which is divided into two types: painless and painful. The former is performed under general anesthesia, which does not hurt the patient, but the patient must stop breastfeeding on the same day and wait until the drug is completely metabolized before breastfeeding. Painful abortion is a normal abortion, which generally does not require any drugs and will not affect breastfeeding, but it will be a little painful. Regardless of the method, you must ask the doctor whether you need to take anti-inflammatory drugs, and tell the doctor that you are breastfeeding so that the doctor can choose antibiotics that you can take during breastfeeding.

It is not recommended to breastfeed after pregnancy because the hormone secretion in the body changes and affects milk secretion. If you are sure that you cannot keep the baby, you can only have an abortion, but medical abortion takes a long time. Generally, you need to take medicine for 3 consecutive days before the milk comes out. It may not be possible to discharge it all at once. You may need to have an artificial abortion. Moreover, you cannot breastfeed during the medication period. It is better to have an artificial abortion directly. Ordinary abortion generally does not require any medicine and will not affect breastfeeding. If there is no special medication, it is generally recommended to continue breastfeeding two weeks after the operation. Pay attention to rest and strengthen nutrition.

Breastfeeding is not a reliable contraceptive

The reason why women will not get pregnant during a period of breastfeeding is that when the baby sucks the nipples of young mothers for the first time, it will strongly stimulate the anterior pituitary gland to secrete prolactin and the posterior pituitary gland to secrete oxytocin. This will inhibit the release of gonadotropin factors to a certain extent, reduce the function of the ovaries, and thus stop the female ovulation, thus achieving the purpose of contraception.

Under normal circumstances, if you have not interrupted breastfeeding during the lactation period, you will not get pregnant if you have sexual intercourse with your spouse. Although there is a certain scientific basis for using amenorrhea in lactating women as a contraceptive method, it is not very reliable.

So far, people have conducted a lot of research on the lactation period, but it is still unclear how long it takes for ovulation to resume after childbirth. However, one thing is certain, that is, ovulation comes first and menstruation comes later after childbirth. Clinical practice has found that many women become pregnant 2-3 months after childbirth, which means that there is still a possibility of ovulation during lactation. Therefore, the method of extending the lactation period for contraception is unreliable. Once abortion is performed after pregnancy during lactation, it is easy to cause complications such as bleeding or perforation of the uterus that has not yet recovered. Therefore, from the first sexual life after childbirth, contraceptive measures should be implemented seriously, and you must not take chances or be careless.

Is there still milk during pregnancy?

Will you still have milk during breastfeeding? Some new parents have just given birth to a baby, but they have no contraceptive awareness and think that they will not get pregnant during breastfeeding, so they have sex without taking any contraceptive measures, and end up getting pregnant during breastfeeding. Pregnancy will affect the mother's milk supply. Breast milk is an important source of nutrients for the baby to absorb, grow and develop. If the breast milk supply is insufficient or cannot be supplied, it will affect the baby's healthy growth. So let's take a look at whether you can have milk during breastfeeding?

If you get pregnant during breastfeeding, you will still have milk, but the quality and quantity of the milk will be affected, and the nutrition will be much worse than before. Therefore, it is recommended that you must wean your baby for the health of the fetus, mother and baby.

Do you need to wean during pregnancy and breastfeeding? Whether to wean during pregnancy and breastfeeding depends on your own situation. If the child is over 6 months old, it is okay to wean, but if you want to give birth to a baby, continuing to breastfeed will generally not affect the baby. However, if you want to have an abortion, the composition of breast milk used to be greater in fat than protein, but the opposite is true after abortion.

Therefore, breastfeeding mothers, for their own health and the healthy growth of their babies, must not neglect contraception. It is possible to get pregnant during breastfeeding, and it will cause great harm to your body.

What are the symptoms of pregnancy during breastfeeding

The main symptoms of pregnancy during lactation are decreased milk secretion, darker coloring of the nipples and the surrounding skin, the appearance of nodules around the areola, and a significant decrease in the nutritional value of breast milk.

Pregnancy during breastfeeding will cause common early pregnancy symptoms, such as amenorrhea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, mild abdominal distension, increased secretions, etc. However, you cannot judge whether you are pregnant based on these symptoms. If menstruation has not come for more than a week, you can do a blood HCG test or a test strip test to confirm whether you are pregnant.

Generally, menstruation will resume after six months of breastfeeding, but some women may resume menstruation later. If you do not have menstruation, the chance of pregnancy is very high. There is also the possibility of amenorrhea caused by endocrine disorders during breastfeeding. If you suspect pregnancy, you can use an early pregnancy test strip to check, which has a higher accuracy in morning urine, or go directly to the hospital for examination.

If you had a natural birth for your first child, you will have to wait a year before having another child. If you had a caesarean section, you will have to wait three years before having another child. You cannot have another child while you are still breastfeeding. Mothers must take contraceptive measures and try to avoid pregnancy during breastfeeding.