Breastfeeding and treatment of infections

"You can not breast-feed ..." - a sentence or a false diagnosis? Let's figure it out - after all, breastfeeding and treatment of infections are not the same.

It's so painful to hear that the dream to put the baby to the breast will not come to pass (or will come true, but not for long), because you are a non-dairy mom! Bad. Hands are dropped. You start to feel sorry for the little one and yourself ... But this is not a way out of the situation! Let's assume that everything is not so scary and there is a chance to regulate lactation. How? Think about the numbers: according to statistics, only 3% of women really can not breastfeed (for medical reasons), and in other cases there is only a temporary lack of milk (due to stress, improperly organized breastfeeding). Confidence that you belong to the last group will help you overcome any difficulties. However, knowledge will not interfere!


What is misleading?

Some kind of psychological taboo for breastfeeding and treatment of infections, an inexperienced mother often comes up with herself (or "well-wishers" help). And on the basis of imaginary reasons. They can be the most ridiculous. For example, someone believes that if a woman has a narrow pelvis, she can not only give birth without Caesarean section, but also feed the baby.

There are more justified, which include the small size of the chest, irregular stools in the baby, diarrhea, unsuccessful attempts to express the breast after feeding, regurgitation and stitching of the newborns ... However, none of these factors gives you reason to even think that you are inferior, "non-dairy". As a child, you were fed a mixture? Do not worry - it's "not contagious" and does not mean that you have to do the same with your own son or daughter. Believe me, you will be all right! Still doubt? To finally calm down, you just need to find out if enough milk is produced.


Landmark - wet diapers

When you count the diuresis of a baby, you will understand whether there is any reason to worry about whether the baby is eating a little or not. It is quite easy to do this. Do not put a baby on a baby's nappy and find out how many times a day your baby goes off a little.

More than 12 times?

Excellent! You have enough milk. Walk in the fresh air, rest, eat properly, get rid of your fears and fears and ... enjoy breastfeeding.


Micturition is 8-10?

There is an occasion to think about how to raise lactation when breastfeeding and treating infections. Why? Because such a state of things can lead to weight loss, and this is already an extremely serious symptom. With a planned weigh-in, the pediatrician will begin to sound the alarm and most likely will be right!


Wet diaper only 6?

This is a dangerous, critical figure. Six or fewer emictions means that the baby is not eating enough for a while and it should be immediately supplemented with artificial nourishment. Of course, you will not choose it yourself, but at the same time the doctor, to whom you will seek advice and help (be sure to tell him about the results of the test!). After the calculations, are you upset? Do not worry, everything will be formed! Even critical numbers do not give you the right to consider yourself a non-dairy mom! Ask a breastfeeding consultant, talk to the pediatrician, look for information in books, on the Internet and find out what influences milk production and how to fight for lactation. Knowledge-savvy, you will definitely solve the problem!


It's all hormones

Normal lactation depends on the hormonal system. More precisely, its two "representatives". The hormone prolactin is responsible for the amount of milk. The hormone oxytocin is for its excretion from the chest. But all these are complex processes. Let's penetrate gradually. The development of prolactin is influenced by the correct nipple grip, the frequency of application and the presence of night feedings. In fact, it turns out that the production of milk depends on the sucking activity of your little son or daughter. Do not forget, this is possible only if the baby grabs the breast correctly - it has not only a nipple but also an areola in the mouth. When the baby begins to suck, after a few minutes the amount of prolactin increases, but the milk forms after several hours.

By the way, it is considered that with nocturnal attachments (especially from 3.00 to 7.00) prolactin, and accordingly milk formed more quickly than in the day. A sufficient amount of oxytocin depends on your emotional state when breastfeeding and treating infections. The action of this miracle hormone usually manifests itself a few seconds after the application of crumbs. Tranquility, confidence, positive attitude give a feeling of filling the breast (mothers call it a tide, when the breast is filled with milk after the devastation).

But it also happens that the hormone begins to "work" ahead of schedule. The sight, the smell of a tiny native little man, the thought that he was hungry, contribute to the appearance of droplets of milk. Are you scared, tired, thinking about something bad? Even with the right application, oxytocin will not form in the right amounts. And this means that the muscle cells around the lobules of the gland do not decrease as required, and only a small part of the milk will enter the duct. Now remember: because of what little things arise such problems? Eliminate them as soon as possible, increasing the production of hormones!


How to adjust lactation?

Among other things, you need to find the cause of the lack of milk. If the attachment and your emotional mood are all right, you probably make other mistakes. Maybe you finish the baby? Are you fed on a schedule, not on demand? In your absence, they give him a mixture, not a expressed milk? Hence all the problems. Decide them and use proven recipes that will help to establish lactation.

Drink plenty of fluids. Nursing mother is shown about two liters per day (no more, otherwise the burden on the kidneys will increase!). Suitable for a knot, compote (for the beginning of all from 1-2 not red fruits!), Tea with milk, special store drinks for increasing lactation.

Eat well (meat, cereals, fish)! Expand the diet gradually, but do not sit on a tight diet! Milk should be nutritious and useful!

If the milk is really small and the baby does not gorge (this was shown by the test for wet diapers), some time it will have to decant the breast. Do this with your hands or breast pump after you feed the crumbs to the chest. You'll see, the milk will be more for the next feed.

Do not overdo it with sports. Remember that any loss of liquid (even in the form of sweat) reduces the amount of milk!

Easy kneading of the collar zone (ask her husband), water massage with warm water streams (when you wash yourself, take your shower and direct the streams from neck to chest) will help the fluid to move along the ducts to the nipples.

Contact skin to the skin (naked crumb put on your stomach) makes it possible to feel the baby with every cell of the body and ... respond to his needs.


Mixed feeding

It often happens that once lactation is not established, but there is no time to wait (wet diaper 6 or less). Then it is advised to resort to mixed feeding. That is, after the child has eaten breast milk, it is supplemented with a mixture. The volume of the mixture is determined by reference weighing. The baby is put on the scales before and after breastfeeding. The result is compared with the average diet, and fill the gap with a mixture. Naturally, it's right to make calculations and choose the right jar, a box with food for the baby can only be in tandem with a specialist - a children's nutritionist, pediatrician. He will tell you about the important nuances of such food. Introducing a little mixture? It is better to give it with a spoon, and not from a bottle, otherwise a youngster can generally give up the breast (getting milk from the nipple is much easier!). The volume of supplementary fat is large? Well, let's use the pacifier! Choose an elastic, with small holes at the end, so that the character of sucking movements during breastfeeding and out of the bottle does not change as much as possible. And the most important: while you feed the baby with a mixture, work hard to increase lactation. Otherwise, mixed feeding will not be a temporary measure - an auxiliary link for a full-fledged thoracic, but the first step on the way to the artificial.


When the menu is only a mixture

Very rarely (according to statistics, 1 case out of 100), despite the woman's great desire to breast-feed, the child still has to be transferred to artificial nutrition.

But this does not mean that you are a non-dairy mom. It's just that the circumstances developed: something threatens your health. And this ailment (perhaps temporary) is incompatible with breastfeeding. For example, if you take sulfanilamides in the treatment of a disease (this affects the child's blood), tetracycline (affects teeth, nails, small bones), streptomycin (affects the baby's hearing). In such cases, during the therapy and until the medicine is removed from your body, you have to express the breast (this milk should never be given to a baby!), Stimulate lactation and ... feed the child with a mixture. Of course, all this is not for long. Once everything is right, you put the crumbs to your chest. But there are situations when this does not happen. You can not breast-feed with severe forms of tuberculosis, serious diseases of the kidneys, heart, thyroid, diabetes. If you have a similar problem, maintaining lactation is simply pointless. But do not panic. The child will not feel any better with an unhappy mother who constantly reproaches herself for not giving something to her beloved son or daughter. He needs a healthy, calm mother, who will feed her with love even with artificial nutrition.


Psychological comfort

On how to prepare a mixture, written in the instructions on each jar or box. You will certainly read it before you start preparing artificial nutrition. But we will tell you about how to provide you and the child with psychological comfort during feeding.

So that during breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack or dinner, the crumb felt a close connection with Mom, keep him in your arms (the baby's head should be slightly elevated) when you offer a bottle of food.

It is not necessary to talk on the phone while watching the TV during the feeding season. Be alone with him!

If this does not distract from the process, lightly stroke the little one, speak in a calm, calm voice.

Think about how lucky you are: there is a child. So, you are a happy woman, even if you can not breast-feed!