The correct treatment of breast engorgement during weaning helps mothers quickly relieve the pain of breast engorgement

After weaning, not only will the baby be unable to adapt all of a sudden, but the mother will also experience milk engorgement and be very uncomfortable. In severe cases, it may even affect the mother's normal life. Is there any way to help mothers quickly get through the milk engorgement period or relieve the pain during the period? Here are some tips to help you reduce the pain.

Correct treatment of milk swelling during weaning period

1. Gradually reduce the number of feedings

Gradually reduce the number of feedings, and the amount of milk will naturally decrease, thus achieving the effect of weaning. If you suddenly stop breastfeeding, the milk engorgement will definitely be very serious.

2. Use a breast pump

When your breasts are very swollen, you can use a breast pump to suck out some of the milk, which can relieve the pain of swollen breasts.

3. Hot compress

After using a breast pump to suck out the milk, use a hot towel to warm the breasts, which can effectively relieve the pain. Hot compress can also make the milk blocks in the mammary glands unobstructed and improve breast circulation. It should be noted that when applying hot compress, avoid the areola and nipple areas, because the skin in these two areas is tender. The temperature of the hot compress should not be too high to avoid scalding the skin.

4. Massage

After applying the hot compress to the breast, you may want to massage the breast. Hold one breast with both hands and massage alternately from the bottom of the breast to the nipple. If there is still milk leakage, you can squeeze the milk into a container.

5. Cold compress

If the pain from breast engorgement is very severe, you can use cold compress to relieve the pain, but you must squeeze out the milk first before applying the cold compress.

6. Reduce the intake of soup

Please note that you should not drink soupy foods during weaning, otherwise it will cause breast milk swelling to become more severe.

7. See a doctor

If the pain from breast engorgement still cannot be relieved, the mother can go to a regular hospital and ask the doctor to prescribe painkillers.

Relieve breast pain with small remedies

1. Drink malt water

Buy malt from the pharmacy and boil it in water. Boil 10 grams of malt each time and drink it in two bowls of water a day. Add vitamin B6 tablets, three times a day, ten tablets each time. Eating it for a few days in a row can basically solve the pain of breast swelling caused by weaning.

2. Breast bandage with saltpeter

One pound of saltpeter is divided into three times, and two bags are made. Put the bags with medicine on the nipples respectively, and use a longer bandage to wrap the medicine bags to tighten the chest. Remember to tighten it, it will be a little painful (this is very important). After the medicine is absorbed by the milk and becomes hard, change a little more medicine. This method is very effective, it can reduce swelling and relieve pain. After one night, the milk will subside the next morning.

3. Apply cabbage to breasts

Applying cabbage to the breasts is a common folk remedy: wash a cabbage, peel off each leaf completely, and then cover the entire breast with the leaves along the armpits and pectoralis major muscles. Apply slight pressure with a bra to allow the cabbage leaves to fully contact the skin. Remove the leaves after 24 hours. This method can effectively reduce breast engorgement and prevent new mothers from suffering from mastitis due to improper care.

What to do if there are lumps after weaning

Relevant experts have suggested that the common formation of lumps in the breasts of mothers after weaning is mainly caused by some residual milk in the breasts that has not been drained out in time after weaning. For example, some mothers do not feed their babies milk during weaning, and do not squeeze out the milk in time, which can easily cause milk congestion. Excessive milk or less breastfeeding by the baby, resulting in the milk not being completely drained, can also easily form milk congestion. Although there is no need to take any medicine during weaning with lumps, it is necessary to massage the breasts and apply hot compresses to the breasts appropriately to dissipate the lumps, otherwise it is easy to cause mastitis, because milk is a good culture medium for bacteria.

If the lump shows no signs of disappearing for a long time, or is accompanied by fever, the mother should be alert, because breast lumps and pain are typical symptoms of breast disease. This time period is most likely to cause mastitis, so mothers must pay enough attention and go to the hospital in time if any abnormality is found.

Physical methods to dissipate hard masses

1. Bring a basin of hot water and place it on your knees, then soak the breast with the lump in the water. Replace the water with hot water as soon as it becomes cold. Massage the breast while soaking and slowly squeeze out the milk in the lump.

2. Heat a wooden comb in a microwave, and then use it over and over again to comb out the lumps on your breasts.

White spots on nipples after milk ejection

If white spots appear on the nipples during milking and the milk cannot be discharged, it means that the milk is blocked. The white spots contain milk. Use a sterilized needle to prick the white spots and the milk will spray out. When the milk is discharged, you will find that the lump is gone.

Causes of milk blockage:

1. Irregular feeding time or incorrect feeding posture. The most common reason is that the interval between sucking milk is too long, which leads to milk stasis and cannot be discharged in time. Therefore, you should pay attention to regular milk sucking. Even if it is not completely emptied, you must suck out some milk to prevent excessive milk swelling and milk blockage.

2. Squeezing the breasts will cause milk blockage.

3. Eating too much greasy food may cause milk blockage.