Flat nipples
The only anatomical feature that can really require special preparation of the breast for feeding is the poorly stretchable skin of the areola and the entrained nipples. The latter, by the way, do not interfere with successful feeding, but complicate the seizure of the baby's breast. Determine if nipples need correction, only a specialist can. If so, this exercise will help. One hand supports the breast, and the other grasps the nipple and pulls it out, slightly twisting it; so do not longer than two minutes two or three times a day. Some future mothers use a breast pump or special nipple correctors to solve this problem. All manipulations are carried out with the utmost care not to cause premature contractions, and if possible after the 37th week of pregnancy.
Psychological training
Almost all mothers can breastfeed their children, but not all want it. It is psychological unpreparedness to the process and turns into problems. Tune in for breastfeeding. For this, there are few permanent self-suggestions that breast milk is the best food for an infant (although this is actually so). Talk to experienced mothers: they will tell you that breastfeeding is a big work, but also a great joy. He needs to study, at first the difficulties are possible, but they will not be compared with the mutual pleasure of the process, when it is adjusted. Find like-minded people. In breastfeeding, as in any business, success does not always come automatically, sometimes it is necessary to compete for it. Doing this in a good company is much easier and more enjoyable, so find this company - on the preparation for childbirth, in the ward of the hospital, in turn for the pediatrician in the polyclinic, in the courtyard among the walking moms, on the Internet. Less communicate with those who are skeptical. It may even be your mother or grandmother, who, according to them, did not have or did not have enough milk. In fact, heredity almost does not play a role in this issue (like breast size).
Pain in the nipples
It can occur because of the reaction of the skin to an unusually intense effect or because of vasospasm - the reaction of the vessels to the temperature of the environment. (Usually in such women, even topless topless causes unpleasant sensations.) But more often the nipples hurt because the kid is not properly attached to the breast or grasps the nipple and areola incompletely. The face of the child should be turned to the nipple, the abdomen to the mother's belly, the chin located just below the nipple. Widely opening the mouth, the baby should grasp the largest possible area of the chest. When properly applied, the problem disappears by itself in 3-7 days.
Cracked nipples
And again the reason is in the wrong attachment to the chest. Also, cracks can appear due to frequent washing of the breast with soap, which dries the skin and breaks the water-fat balance. It is enough to wash your breasts with clean water twice a day, and lubricate the nipple skin with a fat cream with vitamins A, E and D (it's better that you do not need to rinse before feeding). And you can use the breast milk itself: after feeding, squeeze a few drops and rub over the skin, allowing it to air dry. Salvage with cracks become special pads for feeding, which help the breasts recover. Stagnation of milk, lactostasis and mastitis - problems that often arise with improperly organized breastfeeding, rare feeding, inefficient sucking. The cause of milk stagnation and coarsening of the breast can be a sharp rush of milk on the 2-5th day after the rolls. It is important to feed the baby on demand and for as long as he needs it. Before feeding, take a warm shower, massage lightly. Lactostasis is the obstruction of the milk ducts. Nursing mother, in addition to the implementation of other recommendations, you do not need to press the breast during feeding, wear dense underwear and allow for cracks and chest injuries. Treat lactostasis better under the supervision of a doctor. And the most effective way - as often as possible to put the child to the sick chest and change the position when feeding (sitting, lying), so that the baby sucks milk from all the lobes of the breast.
Breast banned
Some ailments are direct contraindications to breastfeeding: an active form of tuberculosis, syphilis, scarlet fever, diphtheria; oncological diseases, diseases of the cardiovascular system, liver and kidneys, diabetes mellitus. With other diseases, including colds (SARS) and cutaneous, it is possible to preserve breastfeeding. The doctor will advise a treatment that is compatible with breastfeeding, or tell you how to properly organize a temporary cessation of feeding without affecting the production of milk.