What are the postpartum breast care services?
Breast ptosis is related to the secretion of estrogen and progesterone in the body after pregnancy, excessive weight gain of the mother, gravity and heredity, and is not caused by breastfeeding. As long as we pay attention to breast health care during pregnancy and postpartum, it will greatly reduce the occurrence of breast ptosis.
Postpartum breast care and health care
1. Keep your breasts clean
After delivery, the breast begins to secrete milk, and the sweat discharged by itself may form scabs around the nipple. Mother should wash her breasts before breastfeeding for the first time. Apply clean vegetable oil to the nipple, and rinse with mild alkaline warm soapy water after the scab of the nipple becomes soft. Then scrub the breast, nipple and areola with warm water.
Tips for breast care: After breastfeeding your baby, it is best to scrub the nipple, areola and its surroundings with warm water to ensure the cleanliness of the breast and prevent the baby from gastrointestinal infection.
2. Feeding methods should be correct
Breast-feeding mothers should choose the correct feeding methods according to the specific situation, such as sitting, lying on their side, hugging and so on. Correct feeding posture is beneficial to prevent nipple disease. When breastfeeding, the mother should first lift the breast, tease the baby's lower lip with the nipple, and send the nipple into the baby's mouth when the baby's mouth is the biggest. The nipple and most areola are fortress together, which can effectively prevent the nipple from chapping. After breastfeeding, when the baby stops sucking, gently press the baby's lower lip with the index finger to make air enter the mouth and eliminate negative pressure; Then gently remove the nipple from the baby's mouth.
Tips for breast care: avoid forcibly pulling out the nipple during the baby's sucking, which will easily damage the nipple. Breastfeeding should be done alternately on both sides of the breast to avoid asymmetry on both sides of the breast.
3. A reasonable nutritious diet
Postpartum mothers should pay attention to the balanced intake of nutrition and try not to be picky about food. The staple food is more than the third trimester, so we should eat more foods, vegetables and fruits rich in protein. Some mothers are dissatisfied with their bloated bodies and are eager to go on a diet to lose weight. The consequences may involve breast tissue, leading to breast atrophy. During breastfeeding, mothers should stay away from caffeinated foods such as soda, chocolate, ice cream and tea, which will aggravate breast swelling and make mothers feel uncomfortable.
Tips for breast care: increasing the intake of beans is of great benefit to breast maintenance. Seeds and nuts are rich in protein, such as almonds, walnuts and sesame seeds, which can make breast tissues more elastic.
Have a breast massage
You can massage your breasts before going to bed or after getting up every night. The specific method is to put the index finger, middle finger and ring finger of one hand together on the contralateral breast, and press and massage clockwise from the outer edge to the inner side of the breast with the nipple as the center, each time for 10~ 15 minutes.
Tips for breast care: Massage the breast carefully, and don't rub it around, so as not to hurt the breast. This method can promote local blood circulation and prevent breast sagging.
Choose the right underwear
Mothers should choose comfortable cotton underwear to avoid direct contact between irritating substances and the body. Bras should not be too loose or too tight. Choose a soft cotton bra to facilitate breastfeeding. Clean underwear should be changed every day to keep the breasts clean. Do not choose a chest pad with plastic edges or brackets. After weaning, the baby can wear a special bra for postpartum body shaping, which can effectively concentrate on raising the breast.
6. Postpartum chest exercise
Exercising chest muscles in time after delivery is the most effective and economical way to make mother's breasts look firm, firm and plump. However, breast enhancement is not a day's work, and it needs long-term persistence to achieve obvious results. Mother can insist on doing simple chest expansion exercises every day after delivery to help exercise chest muscles. During breastfeeding, you can do some sit-ups, push-ups, dumbbells and other exercises every day to reduce the fat accumulation in the abdomen, waist and buttocks, and also effectively prevent breast sagging and make mothers more fit.
Nursing measures of common postpartum breast problems
1. Nipple pain
Nipple pain is mostly caused by chapped nipple, mainly manifested as cracks and ulcers of different sizes on the surface of nipple, or skin erosion. The nipple rupture is mainly caused by the delicate nipple of the new mother and the improper connection of the baby's nipple.
Nursing tips: people with mild chapped nipples can continue to breastfeed their babies, starting from the slightly damaged side and protecting the severely chapped nipple side. After breastfeeding, squeeze out a small amount of milk and smear it on the nipple. In severe cases, stop breastfeeding and suck the milk out with a breast pump to feed the baby. After the nipple is damaged, more attention should be paid to keeping the breast clean and hygienic to prevent germs from entering through the gap and causing infection. In order to protect the nipple, you can choose to use a nipple sleeve to avoid painful nipple injury.
2. The nipple is flat and sunken
Some mothers may face minor nipple problems, such as flat nipples, inward depression, or nipples not protruding from areola. These will cause the baby to be unable to hold the nipple and unable to breastfeed smoothly.
Nursing tips: breasts with flat or invaginated nipples should be corrected from the beginning of pregnancy. The specific method is to grasp the nipple with thumb, middle finger and forefinger and pull it out, repeating 10 ~ 20 times, 2 ~ 3 times a day. If the nipple is still invaginated after delivery, you can wear a nipple cover to help your baby contain the nipple. Negative pressure suction can also be used to make nipples protrude. When breastfeeding, let the baby suck the breast on the flat or invaginated side of the nipple. At this time, the baby's sucking power is very strong, and it is easy to suck nipples and most areola.
What should I do if the postpartum breast is not smooth?
Giving birth to a child must be one of the major events in life, and the arrival of a child is very important for a happy family. However, after the baby is born, many problems will occur. Due to different reasons, milk is blocked, which makes it particularly inconvenient for babies to suck milk. This is actually a blocked breast. So what about maternal breast obstruction? How much milk do you eat during lactation? Let's meet Bian Xiao.
1, straighten the feeding posture: first of all, put the knee pads high, and it is very laborious to hold the baby for a long time. At this time, the mother should sit in a position with a backrest, put a stool under her feet, so that the baby is as high as the mother's breast, which is convenient for breast milk to be discharged, and prepare three pillows to prevent the baby from being sore and numb for a long time and keep the baby in a comfortable posture.
2. Correct breast massage: Mother massages the nipple of areola back and forth along the mammary duct with her thumb, forefinger and middle finger, so as to soften it, and makes a circle of rotary massage around the areola and nipple, so the fingers can change direction continuously, because the areola nipple will become hard, so it needs a long time of massage. Use the massage method of enhancing lactation reflex, and gradually press the nipple from the areola with the middle finger. When pressing, the mother can imagine the baby sucking to increase the lactation reaction of the body.
3. Keep a good mood: It is very important to keep a good mood. The tradition of the older generation has been handed down. If the mother is angry during confinement, it will easily lead to milk obstruction. This has scientific basis and principle. Pay attention to keep a good mood at ordinary times, and the blood will have a good circulation. If the blood circulation is smooth, it will also be of great help to the secretion of milk. So you should have a good mood at ordinary times.
What should I pay attention to during lactation?
1, after exercise: people will have lactic acid after exercise, which will make the milk go bad and the baby doesn't like it. Therefore, lactating mothers should reduce the amount of exercise, or wait for a period of time after exercise before breastfeeding.
2. Medication period: Whether the mother stops breastfeeding during medication mainly depends on whether the excretion of drugs is within a safe range. If the amount of medicine excreted exceeds the safe range, she should stop breastfeeding, but milk every day according to the time before feeding, in order to ensure the normal secretion of milk. Of course, the milk can't be given to the baby. Wait until the mother stops taking the medicine before breastfeeding.
3. When suffering from wasting diseases: If the mother suffers from wasting diseases such as heart disease, but the pregnancy is successful, the production is smooth. In this case, they still insist on breastfeeding themselves, so they must do it under the guidance of a doctor, pay more attention to rest at ordinary times, and arrange breastfeeding time reasonably.
What should I do if the maternal breast is blocked? I believe everyone should be aware of it. In addition, when female friends have breast obstruction after delivery, most of them are caused by milk deposition. If this disease occurs, the breast will be red and swollen, and the pain is particularly obvious, so everyone can use massage to treat it, which can dredge the breast and has obvious effects. I wish you a speedy recovery.