Mother wants her baby breastfeeding is often hampered by the inconvenience of breastfeeding, usually due to a small disturbance like a baby sucking milk difficult, breast blisters and the like. But because the mother's condition was not recovered, both physically and emotionally, the mother will feel depressed and decided to replace breast milk with formula.
If the mother is too soon to decide to switch to formula, unfortunately, because milk is a gift. All essential nutrients in ideal proportions and in a form that is easily absorbed baby, contained therein. Medically proven growth babies who drank milk better and have optimal endurance and emotional relationship the mother and baby more closely.
Below are some tips for healthy breast feeding for mothers, including those active career no doubt to give milk to her baby.
Breast Care
The first thing to consider is how to do breast care. Care needs to be done in the form of breast massage to improve blood circulation, treating nipple so easy to clean and scrape, and smooth out milk.
First wash and dry hands and spread with baby oil. Pull and twist to the right nipple and to the left of each 20 times. Then with both hands and fingers, hold your breast and massage toward the nipple 10 times. Finally, massage the areola (dark area) to the nipple with his thumb. Apply 2 times a day care.
After delivery, massage with the palm of the hand from the middle of the breast upward, spinning sideways down and back to front. Repeat as many as 20 to 30 times. Then massage the breast with your fingers starting from the base of the nipple 20 to 30 times. Then flush left and right breast alternately with warm water 5 times.
Complaints
Immediately overcome complaints that appear to not become more severe. For example, swollen and hard breasts due to excess breast milk. Overcome this complaint by breast compresses with water or warm flannel.
Stinging nipples and / or cracks
Limit feeding times for 10 minutes each time breastfeeding. If cracked nipples stop breastfeeding at least 24 hours to avoid infection. Keep your breasts to keep them dry by using the bra pads replaced regularly and the wind-air the breast as often as possible and spread of breast with lanolin oil. Try the baby ate the whole nipple while feeding and use nipple protectors made of soft rubber material while feeding if nipples hurt. Consult a physician if the nipple is still injured.
Filtered milk
Complaints that make you less comfortable when breastfeeding is wet due to seepage milk. Besides can ruin the appearance, it is also not good for the health of mothers and babies. Because of the moist breast can be a source of bacteria and fungal growth, which can cause irritation and infection. To overcome to avoid the use of handkerchiefs, towels or tissue because it will make your breasts stay moist and humid. Choose a special bra pads to stop seepage milk.
In the market many products sold Breast Pad, padded bras that can prevent breast milk so as not to seep into the surface of clothes and keep nipples dry and clean. There are made of special materials that can change the milk to form a gel and the outer layer is made of laminated tissue that seepage does not wet clothes breast milk and breast surface. Typically for disposable. There are also made of soft fabric that can be washed to use again. Important Breat Pad choose soft and smooth material so comfortable to wear. Breast Pad frequent change, at least 2 times a day.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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