The first application of the newborn to the breast

Today, many already know that success in breastfeeding a baby is achieved by early application to the breast. However, the doctors of maternity homes, and women waiting for the child, the recommendation given by the World Health Organization understand too straightforward. As soon as a child is born, he immediately spread on his mother's belly and try to give him a breast or squeeze him droplets of colostrum into his mouth. The newborn, however, does not want to suck, and this application turns out to be a normal licking of the breast.


The child immediately gives birth to the first screams. Then he, or himself or with the help of a midwife, lies down on his tummy, and puts the head on the barrel. In this posture, it exhales from the great stress obtained in the process of birth. At the same time, about five minutes, the umbilical cord pulses with great intensity, this is due to the flow of blood from the placenta to the baby in it. At this time, it is very useful that my mother strokes her baby. The mother's touch in the act of stroking has a beneficial effect on the newborn, blood circulation normalizes and lung respiration normalizes, the skin begins to turn pink. After the pulsation in the umbilical cord stops, it is crossed and tied. Already then, somewhere for 10-15 minutes, a birth occurs (placenta and fetal membrane). Sometimes, which is very rare, and depends on the individual ability of the woman, the latter is born with a delay only after the baby has first applied to the breast - this can happen in 30 minutes, and even an hour after the birth of the child.

Approximately after the expiration of 15-20 minutes after childbirth, the child begins to show characteristic activity. His movements are like crawling - he tries to raise his head, kicks, moves his elbows. This behavior makes it clear to the mother that the baby has rested, and it's time to take it on the handles and breast-feed. At mum the child actively twists a head, opens a mouth, thereby showing a search reflex. Focusing on the mother's smell, which is a special secret of the peroxosal circle and similar to the smell of intrauterine fluid, it tries to find the breast. Feeding the baby's breast, my mother helps him.

It is considered useless if the mother tries to give the baby a breast before it has activity. If the mother still lifts the baby and tries to feed before the umbilical cord ruptures, then it will be above the placenta, then the outflow of blood by the umbilical cord may stop. Scientific studies have shown that this blood is able to determine the possibility of an organism of hematopoietic activity in the later life of the child. The child needs to give time for rest, otherwise he just does not want to open the mouths to take the breast. Well, and if you try to force his chest or force him to squeeze out drops of colostrum, he will not swallow them. Spread the baby on the belly to his mother immediately after his birth is very practiced in the maternity hospitals, because in this moment the baby's skin is sort of populated by the mother's flora, and this is necessary for the sake of the baby's health.

But it is easy to attach to the baby's chest in time, it's not all - you also need to be able to do it. The child opens his mouth, twists his head, and he just does not yet have the ability to take the mother's breast. He needs help in this, that is, Mama herself must put his chest in his mouth. Usually, we only have to do two-three-try, until the baby correctly grasps the chest. And only after this help the child starts to work a sucking reflex and he, appetizingly smacking his lips, gets down to business. Some of the children immediately suck very hard to the breast, but many after a while lose their nipples, immediately starting to look for it. Mom just needs to help the kid until he learns and learns how to act.

Somewhere after an hour of sucking from one breast, the child is again troubled. Votut must be ready for the second breast, and again we have to work hard so that the child is used to both the first breast and the second. The newborn shakes the head again, tries to grab, lick, but when he finds it, he suckles in and sucks for a long time. When a child sucks his chest, he begins to visually contact with his mother. Nature wisely stipulates that the newborn clearly sees from a distance of 20-25 centimeters and even distinguishes faces. He makes efforts when he opens his eyes and looks for the face of his mother. This contact is very important for both mother and child. This is part of the imprinting (imprinting on the memory of the newborn features that distinguish his mother).

It is necessary to understand that your child first sucks his breast and this action is completely new to him and he really needs help from his mother. The child has innate instincts andreflexes, which help in the process of digestion. However, no reflex will help as it does samamat. If she just lies a few inches from her baby and can not properly breastfeed, when the child has lost it, then the child will certainly be very hard to do it himself.

Short-term loss or sucking constantly on the same chest, will not let the printing work to its fullest extent. If the sucking is prolonged and sequential, first one, then the second breast, then it will give the baby the opportunity to learn and remember his mother. It will also be very beneficial for the adjustment, on the postnatal recovery of the mother.

From the above, it can be concluded that it is very important not to simply know that there is a benefit and importance in applying the baby to the breast in the first hour of his life, it is important to know that this should be done not earlier than the time required, and later - it needs to be done on time, with This is guided by his baby. It is necessary to help him correctly grasp the chest and remember that the child has just begun his life, and the first successful acquaintance of his with the breast will be the pledge of a successful start to life.