Is this a drawback?
According to WHO statistics, only 3% of women in the world suffer from a real lack of milk. Why do breastfeeding mothers feel that there is little milk, and their children do not gain weight? Let's see what mothers can call a lack of milk:
Problem: the breast is soft, not filled as before!
In fact, the breast after the month of feeding should be soft, it should not feel seals and lumps. Frequent feeding provides breast softness and prevents stagnation. Tides of milk are not at all a measure of sufficiency of lactation.
The problem: a friend drills 100 g or more, but I only get 15 g.
In fact: with properly organized feeding, after the baby has eaten, it is difficult to strain something. Otherwise, this is a hyperlactation - there is too much milk, which has its drawbacks. So rejoice that the crumb eats everything - you do not face the stagnation of milk!
Problem: before and after feeding, my son's weight gain is only 30-50 g.
In fact: control weighing is better not to use with natural feeding at all - it disorients the mother. Excitement has a negative effect on the oxytocin reflex, which helps the mother to "give" milk to the baby.If the baby is put on demand, he can eat different amounts of milk, and if the crumb sucked the breast to soothe, he could eat nothing, and that's normal.
Problem: expressed a portion of milk - it turned out 60 grams, and our age should be already 90 g.
In fact: not every mother knows how to express correctly during lactation, how to increase the milk supply is also known to many, but this must be learned. Not every female organism is able to give milk not for its intended purpose, but in a bottle or somewhere else. I met a lot of women who were not able to express anything at all, but their strong-mouthed men were excellent in weight, often applying to my mother's breast.
And why should a baby eat "already 90 g"? Breastfeeding does not and can not have any norms calculated according to grammes! Problem: the baby is very hungry, therefore he asks for a breast every 30-60 minutes, does not sleep long and hard. In fact: a short and not deep sleep is a natural feature of a newborn baby's sleep, often happens like this: Mom cradles the baby under the breast and, when the crumb falls asleep, shifts it into a baby cot.
But no more than 10-15 minutes the baby wakes up, begins to search for the mouth with the breast (which means, mom), peekes. So it can be repeated many times in a row. In fact, the question is not in milk, but in the technique of shifting a child into a crib! When the mother separates the crumb from her, he feels it and wakes up to bring everything back to its usual places, so that my mother was there (it's safer and calmer). If you change the tactics and feed the baby before going to bed in a lying position, and then away from it yourself - the probability that he will not wake up in 10 minutes, increases several times! Because in this case the mother's separation will occur more imperceptibly for the crumbs.
Disturbing symptoms
So, all the listed "problems" are basically subjective sensations, and to determine the actual decrease in lactation there are only 2 indicators: a baby's gain in weight and the frequency of urination.
The weight. If the baby adds 120-125 grams per week (480-500 g per month), lactation is normal.
Urination. A kid over the age of 10 days should wet more than 10-12 diapers in 24 hours. Remove from the crumbs a reusable diaper and count how many times it pisses a day.
The glory of lactation crises is greatly exaggerated. With properly organized feeding, the volumes of milk do not decrease by themselves. These crises are associated with irregular growth of crumbs. The child at some point begins to apply more often, swinging the lactation to the required level, then the mother's body for 2-7 days is adjusted to the needs of the child. In such periods, the main thing for the mother is to remain calm!
Bad increase? We are looking for reasons!
If the baby is normally gaining weight, do not worry about milk increase, we think calmly and enjoy breastfeeding! If the crumb gained less weight, let's look for the cause. There are certain rules of feeding, in which the female body in 97% of cases produces the amount of milk necessary for the baby. What applies to these rules?
Correct application of the baby to the breast. With his mother does not hurt to feed, she does not have cracked nipples, and the baby has the opportunity to effectively empty the mammary gland. The principle "demand generates a proposal" is included and milk always comes in the right amount.This is not possible with feeding through the lining, the same applies to the case when the baby is given a pacifier to soothe or give something to drink from the bottle. All these attributes spoil the application and disrupt natural stimulation of lactation.
Frequent daily feeding. In the body of a woman, milk is produced by the hormone prolactin. If it is a lot of - a lot of milk. And prolactinum will be much, if to a crumb it is often to feed (the hormone is developed or produced in reply to sucking by the child of a breast). It is recommended to apply the baby to the breast often, in the first months - every 2 hours.
Mandatory night feeding. They allow the mother's body not to stop working and produce milk so much that lactation does not decrease.
From 24:00 to 8:00 the mother should have 3-4 feedings.
If any of these rules is violated, the body of the nursing mother may reduce the production of milk. Therefore, the main solution to this issue is the correction of breastfeeding errors! If the baby was given a pacifier, then it should be removed and learn how to put the baby to the breast correctly, this alone will increase the amount of milk after a while! The mistakes include rare daytime feeding (every 3-3.5 hours), absence or rare night feeding, supplementary feeding or dopa of the baby from the bottle.