What to do if you don't have enough milk 20 days after giving birth

Pregnant women will experience breast pain, which means that they have begun to produce milk. This time is the initial entry of milk, which is the main food source for the baby after delivery. However, some women will have insufficient milk after giving birth, and the baby may not have enough food to eat. For example, it is more common for women to have insufficient milk twenty days after giving birth. So what should women do in this situation?

Foods that promote lactation include the following:

Peanuts: Peanuts can be used to treat spleen deficiency, nausea, edema, leucorrhea in women, anemia, various bleeding diseases, dry cough, chronic dry cough, and postpartum lactation.

Luffa: Luffa is a traditional Chinese medicine with a sweet taste and cold nature. If you have breast inflammation, lumps during milk production, or poor milk secretion, Chinese medicine practitioners will recommend stewing the luffa in broth, which can regulate breast qi and blood, promote lactation, and stimulate the appetite and reduce phlegm.

Wild rice: Not only is it delicious and nutritious, it also contains carbohydrates, protein, vitamins B1, B2, vitamin C and various minerals. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that茭白 is sweet and cold in nature, and has the effects of relieving heat and toxins, preventing thirst, promoting defecation and promoting lactation. Nowadays, water bamboo shoots and pig’s trotters are often cooked together and eaten, which has a good lactation effect.

Peas: Peas, also known as green beans, are sweet and flat in nature and are very rich in phosphorus, containing about 400 mg per 100 grams. Peas are beneficial for urination, producing body fluids, relieving sores, stopping diarrhea, and promoting lactation. Cooking green peas and eating them lightly, or mashing the pea sprouts and squeezing out the juice to drink, can both help promote lactation.

Tofu: Tofu has the effects of invigorating qi and harmonizing the stomach, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, and clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is also a lactation food. Boiling tofu, brown sugar and fermented rice in water and drinking it can produce milk.

From the above introduction, the phenomenon of insufficient milk twenty days after delivery has a great impact on women's lactation period. This may cause the baby to not have enough milk to replenish the body. The mother's milk contains certain immune components, which can help improve the baby's resistance. Therefore, the phenomenon of insufficient milk twenty days after delivery must be taken seriously.