What to do if you have too little milk during confinement? The most effective way to stimulate lactation

We all know that babies are generally fed with breast milk after birth. Breast milk is the most nutritious and has many benefits for the child's physical growth. However, not every mother has a lot of breast milk. Many mothers have very little milk. There are many reasons for having very little milk.

In the first week after giving birth, new mothers should not be too anxious to take supplements. The gastrointestinal function of the mother has not recovered after delivery. Taking too much supplements is more likely to cause indigestion and bloating. The diet in these days should focus on appetizing, eat more vegetarian food and less greasy food, and choose more light, soft and warm food. Postpartum mothers will soon face the problem of breastfeeding their babies, so they must start breastfeeding within 3 hours after delivery, but don't rush to induce milk. After three days, the baby has almost cleared the mother's mammary glands, and it is better to eat lactation-inducing confinement meals at this time. Today we will introduce 4 excellent lactation-inducing products.

1. Barley, red dates and lily porridge

Job's tears are very suitable for eating after childbirth. They help relieve postpartum physical weakness and edema, as well as clear away heat and promote diuresis. They can help the mother's uterus recover and eliminate lochia.

Ingredients: 100 grams of coix seed, 20 grams of fresh lily, 10 red dates.

Method: First, wash the coix seeds and soak them for no less than 4 hours; wash the fresh lilies and red dates and break the lilies into pieces. Put the coix seeds into the pot and boil over high heat until it boils, then turn to low heat and boil for 1 hour. Add the lilies and red dates and boil for half an hour.

2. Pork chop and bean sprout soup

Pork ribs are mild in nature and have the effects of promoting lactation and replenishing deficiency. Pork is rich in high-quality protein, fatty acids, heme iron and cysteine ​​that promotes iron absorption.

It can effectively improve iron deficiency anemia and is the first choice for new mothers with postpartum anemia.

Ingredients: 250 grams of spare ribs, 100 grams of bean sprouts, and appropriate amounts of onion, ginger, salt and cooking wine.

Method: First, wash and slice the scallion and ginger; wash and cut the ribs into sections, put them into a pot and boil them, and remove the blood foam. Add hot water to the casserole, put in the ribs, scallion, ginger, and cooking wine, and simmer for one hour on low heat. Then add bean sprouts, bring the pot to a boil over high heat, and then turn to low heat for a quarter of an hour. Finally, add a small amount of salt and serve.

3. Soy milk lettuce soup

New mothers who have given birth can eat lettuce to dredge the mammary glands, increase milk secretion, and eliminate postpartum edema. Eating it with soy milk can replenish the body, promote milk secretion, and lower blood pressure.

Ingredients: 200g soy milk, 100g lettuce, some onion, ginger and salt

Preparation method: First, wash and slice the lettuce, onion and ginger. Add a proper amount of cooking oil to a casserole and stir-fry the ginger slices and onion segments. When the aroma comes out, remove the onion and ginger, add the lettuce, soy milk, and salt, and cook until cooked.

4. Fish head tofu soup

Ingredients: 200 grams of fat fish head, 100 grams of kelp, 100 grams of tofu, 5 mushrooms, and appropriate amounts of onion, ginger, salt and cooking wine.

Fat fish head is mild in nature, can nourish weakness, warm the spleen and stomach. Kelp is cold in nature, can resolve phlegm, clear away heat and lower blood pressure; tofu can replenish qi, relieve fullness, promote body fluid and moisten mulberry.

Method: Remove the gills from the fish head, wash and drain the water. Wash the mushrooms and tofu, cut the mushrooms into cross-shaped slices, and cut the tofu into cubes for later use. Wash and slice the scallions and ginger for later use. Then put the fish head, mushrooms, scallions and ginger into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, heat up until boiling, skim off the foam, and simmer for 15 minutes on low heat. When the fish head is almost cooked, add kelp and tofu, continue to simmer on low heat, and when the kelp and tofu are cooked, add salt and serve.

These are quietly stealing mother's milk

1. Foods that inhibit milk secretion: such as leeks, malt, ginseng, garlic, pepper and other foods.

2. Irritating things: The diet after childbirth should be light. Do not eat irritating things, including spicy seasonings, peppers, alcohol, coffee and cigarettes.

3. Greasy food, fried food, and high-fat food: These foods are difficult to digest and are high in calories, so they should be consumed in moderation.

4. Medicine: For breastfeeding mothers, most medicines will not affect the baby at normal doses. However, breastfeeding mothers are advised not to take medicine on their own. They should actively tell their doctors that they are breastfeeding so that the doctors can prescribe suitable medicines and choose medicines with shorter duration to minimize the amount of medicine that passes through breast milk.

Four mores must be adhered to, one reduction must be achieved!

1. Feed more

Letting the baby suck more is the best way to stimulate milk production, because the sucking process can promote the secretion of prolactin in the mother, and prolactin can promote the synthesis and secretion of milk.

Therefore, you should breastfeed your baby as long as he wants to eat. Regular breastfeeding without limiting the time and frequency after delivery can stimulate the secretion of milk, make the milk come earlier, and avoid the subsequent breast swelling.

In addition, let the baby finish sucking on one breast. If the baby wants to eat more, let him suck on the other breast, and start feeding from the other breast for the next meal. In this way, both breasts are stimulated and can secrete more milk.

2. Drink milk-promoting soup and light porridge soup

Nearly 90% of breast milk is water, so adequate water intake is beneficial to the synthesis and secretion of milk. Ordinary people should drink at least 1200 ml (about 6 cups of water) a day, and breastfeeding mothers should supplement about 1000 ml more. But if these 1000 ml are all obtained by drinking boiled water, it will be a torture for the nursing mother. Therefore, it is very necessary to drink more water-rich lactation soup and porridge, but remember that the soup should be less oil and salt.

3. Supplement more high-quality protein

That is, eat more fish, shrimp, lean meat of livestock and poultry, eggs, milk and soybeans. These foods can provide a lot of high-quality protein. Protein can account for 1.3% of breast milk. Under normal circumstances, the daily milk secretion is about 750 ml, containing about 9 grams of protein, but the efficiency of converting dietary protein into milk protein in the mother is 70%. Therefore, 13 grams of dietary protein is needed to secrete 750 ml of milk. Therefore, ensuring sufficient intake of high-quality protein can improve the efficiency of conversion into milk protein, which is very important for improving the quantity and quality of milk. If the baby has eczema, reduce fish and shrimp and increase lean meat appropriately.

4. Get plenty of rest

The synthesis and secretion of milk are affected by many hormones. Sufficient sleep and rest are conducive to hormone balance, and hormone balance is conducive to the synthesis and secretion of milk. You should sleep regularly instead of staying up late and sleeping hard the next day.

“One reduction” must be achieved

"One reduction" means reducing stress and relaxing. When you relax, the parasympathetic nerves are excited, and the excitement of the parasympathetic nerves can promote milk secretion. Society and family members should try to create a relaxed and comfortable feeding environment.

There are many breastfeeding skills that need to be learned. Young mothers are prone to tension and anxiety. Family and friends should be more understanding and not blame them excessively, so as not to increase tension and affect milk secretion.

There are many reasons for a sudden decrease in milk supply during breastfeeding, such as changes in the environment after discharge from the hospital, bad mood, physical fatigue, mental stress, etc. These reasons will affect milk supply.

Medically, this situation is called "temporary insufficient breast milk supply", also known as "temporary lactation crisis". It usually occurs within 3 months after delivery, sometimes a little later. The main reasons for this phenomenon are:

1. After discharge from hospital, due to sudden changes in environment and excessive fatigue and mental stress from taking care of children, or lack of confidence in breastfeeding and insufficient support from family and society;

2. The mother or the baby has ever suffered from a disease;

3. The mother's menstruation resumes;

4. The baby's growth suddenly accelerates;

The lactation crisis usually lasts for 7-10 days and is only a "temporary" phenomenon. However, since most of today's mothers are first-time mothers, they have no breastfeeding experience and lack understanding of the "temporary lactation crisis." Therefore, once they encounter a temporary decrease in breast milk supply, they become anxious and even doubt their own breastfeeding ability. They believe that milk secretion cannot increase anymore, so they rush to add milk, milk powder or other supplementary foods to their children.

Little do people know that once the baby's stomach is filled with other food, he will no longer want to suck the mother's breast. Since the nipples are not stimulated enough and the breasts cannot be emptied, the amount of milk secretion will decrease sharply. In the end, the temporary lack of milk will become permanent milk depletion, leading to the failure of breastfeeding.

The baby has to spend a lot of effort to feed. After the baby has finished feeding, he still holds the mother's nipple and refuses to let go, or he suddenly sucks hard a few times and spits out the nipple, and starts crying non-stop. The baby eats and stops, wakes up crying after sleeping for less than an hour, falls asleep again after feeding, and wakes up frequently at night. Each feeding time exceeds 30 minutes, or even up to 1 hour. No swallowing sound can be heard, and the baby refuses to let go of the nipple until the end of the feeding. The baby urinates less than 8 times a day, and the stool volume is small or green and watery. The baby's weight gain is not ideal, with an average weekly increase of less than 150g, and still less than 600g when one month old.