Virtually all women are able to feed a newborn baby with breast milk, the exception is not more than 2-3 percent of women who are contraindicated for breastfeeding for medical reasons. All the rest can and must be fed, and this will be invaluable to your child.
Breast milk contains all the nutrients a child needs. They help it grow, strengthen immunity, promote the development of the brain. And also, breastfeeding is the most important close contact between mother and child. Constantly feeling the mother next to her, her warmth and love, the child will be more calm emotionally, have less problems with digestion, and illnesses in the first year of life will also bypass it.
Breastfeeding is now very widely promoted, there are many experts on breastfeeding. After all, a nursing mother at the initial stage of feeding raises many questions, for example, how to properly put the baby to the breast, how often it should be done, and whether the baby has enough milk. These concerns can be fully understood, since the baby is not yet able to explain his needs, and the responsibility for his successful development lies entirely with his parents, therefore, proper care of the child and properly organized breastfeeding are extremely important.
At mums the question how it is necessary to eat, that there was more a breast milk is uncommon. First of all, you need to drink as much liquid as possible, at least 1.5, but not more than 2.5 liters per day. Since breast milk is almost 80 percent water, then the body of a nursing mother should also receive it in sufficient quantities. You can drink not only water, to enhance lactation is very useful tea with milk, freshly brewed, black or green. Another grandmother used this method to increase the amount of breast milk. Before feeding, drink a glass of such tea for 10-15 minutes, and eat a bowl of soup or a sandwich with cheese. In the second turn, such herbs as anise, fennel, cumin, nettle and decoctions of them, too, have a milky effect.
At present, special teas are being sold in the baby food departments to strengthen and maintain lactation from various manufacturers, both foreign and Russian. Some of the most effective are teas for nursing mothers "Hipp" or "Lactogon". Food that is included in the diet of a nursing woman should be both dietary and provide the body with the necessary amount of calories, so as not to create a deficit of milk.
Dishes should be consumed protein, fish, meat, vegetable, but be careful with the fruit. Undesirable canned food, cakes, cakes, the need for carbohydrates is better to satisfy at the expense of bread (bread with cumin is especially useful), cereal loaves, cereal cookies. Required yogurt, porridge, sour-milk products. Earlier, doctors' recommendations on how to eat, to have more breast milk, included advice that the mother of milk should drink as much as possible, now almost no one recommends that, because of the potential for negative impact of cow's milk on the composition thoracic.
Many children now often see such a phenomenon as an allergy to cow protein, this means intolerance to cow's milk. It is assumed that the organism of the nursing mother will independently form the composition of breast milk that is optimally useful for the child. In order to make your milk nutritious, the mother should eat more natural foods with a high content of vitamins. To have more breast milk, often attach to the baby's breast, this is the basic rule.
Constantly stimulating the work of the breast, the child will most help to produce the amount of breast milk that he needs. Do not limit the duration of feeding, when the baby is full, he will let go of his chest. Equally important is the technique of applying the baby to the breast-there should be no chomping sounds when feeding, so that the child can get less air into his mouth, then he will not be burdened by eructations and increased gas production.
During breastfeeding, you should eat so that you can eat as few allergenic foods as possible. If the mother has allergies to certain foods, then most likely, she will have the child. Do not need to eat seasonings with a strong odor, garlic, a lot of onions. This may give the milk an unpleasant aftertaste that the child will not like. Products that increase lactation-it's cheese, carrots, dill, parsley, walnuts. Very useful is the squeezed carrot juice, mixed with milk, it should be drunk in a warm form before feeding.
However, you need to carefully monitor whether the child will have an allergy to carrots. You can buy specialized food, which is produced for pregnant and nursing mothers. In many women's clinics they issue coupons for its free acquisition, to all women at their request. Such nutrition contributes to the saturation of milk with the necessary nutrients, supports and strengthens the body of the nursing mother. But, if it is not at hand, then you should not worry.
If breastfeeding is organized correctly, the nursing woman does not go hungry and eats regularly, drinks a sufficient amount of liquid, the baby's milk is always enough. When the so-called lactation crises occur, you can also cope with them with the right food, a calm emotional environment, and, if necessary, lactoid teas. However, it is still not worthwhile to consume these teas all the same, as it is possible to make the production of breast milk even excessive, and it will be much more difficult to lower it.