Breastfeeding
The newborn child depends on breastfeeding and breast milk to get his food. Mother’s milk contains the necessary nutrients for the child’s physical and mental growth. It also protects the child against certain diseases such as cancer, asthma, eczema, allergies, Natural only for six months, after which the child gets breast milk with the addition of some types of food gradually until the child is two years old and the mother is overwhelmed, so the mother must be careful to increase the milk yield to get the child enough and feel full, and we will know some Methods that help g Breast milk in this article.
Causes of breast milk deficiency and how to increase it
Causes of breast milk deficiency
- Stay a long time before you start breastfeeding your baby.
- Breast injury with some ulcers leads to reduced breast milk, or due to previous surgical procedures in the breast.
- Some diseases, such as diabetes, as well as some medications and drugs affecting the production of breast milk.
Ways to increase breast milk
- The mother should breastfeed the baby immediately after birth, and then commit to breastfeed repeatedly during the day. If the baby sleeps, she should wake him up and breastfeed. The more the baby suckles the milk, the more the hormone prolactin, the hormone responsible for milk production. The more milk is produced, the more the mother must organize her time for it.
- That the mother breastfeeds her baby from both breasts at each time; to empty them repeatedly, taking care to increase the duration of breastfeeding and to ensure that the child’s position for breastfeeding is correct.
- Eating large quantities of fluids during the period of breastfeeding, especially water, in addition to the intake of other liquids such as: ring and fennel and some types of herbs because of their role in the generation of breast milk.
- The mother has a healthy diet and contains all the essential nutrients, such as vitamins, carbohydrates, proteins, minerals and fats, and some dietary supplements can be taken under the supervision of a specialist.
- The mother should have sufficient hours of sleep, rest and relaxation, and avoid tension, anxiety and exhaustion because of its negative impact on breast milk and reduce its production.
- Massage the breast gently, increasing the amount of milk in it.
- Keep away from taking some medicines that reduce milk production in the breast except under the supervision of a doctor to treat them, and should keep away from smoking and smokers, as well as not to drink alcohol, gas and all other stimulant drinks.