How to care for nipple scabs during pregnancy?

Women should take good care of their breasts after pregnancy, because they will use them to feed the baby after birth to ensure that the baby is plump and white. After pregnancy, the nipples often show some conditions that have never appeared before. For example, sometimes there will be some white secretions, which are more like milk, and if not treated in time, scabs will form. How should we take care of the nipples to prevent scabs? Let’s take a look and learn today, and we can use it even when we are pregnant in the future.

Mothers often give up breastfeeding because the baby's sucking causes nipple cracks or nipple inversion. In fact, good nipple care in the late pregnancy can make postpartum breastfeeding relatively smooth. Now let us look at the care methods for pregnant women after nipple scabs.

1. Wash the nipples and areola with warm water every day to remove cradle cap.

2. After cleaning the breasts and nipples each time, apply a layer of oil on the surface of the nipples and areola, or wipe the nipples frequently with water or a dry towel to increase the toughness of the skin so that it can withstand the baby's sucking without being easily damaged or cracked, and reduce the occurrence of breast infection and breastfeeding difficulties.

3. If a pregnant woman has inverted nipples, they should be actively corrected in the late pregnancy to facilitate normal breastfeeding for the baby after delivery. Usually you can hold up the breast with one hand, and use the fingers of the other hand to hold the areola, pull the nipple outward, and rotate it up and down, left and right, or twist it. If you persist for a period of time, inverted nipples can be corrected. However, the action should be gentle when pulling the nipple to avoid reflexive uterine contraction and premature birth.

Breast care during pregnancy:

Breasts are both a female's secondary sexual characteristic and a source of food for postpartum babies. In order to ensure that the baby can suck enough breast milk after birth, the care of the pregnant woman's breasts should be strengthened in the late pregnancy.

1. Clean the nipples and the surrounding skin folds with warm water every day to increase the toughness of the nipple epidermis and root skin to avoid cracking and infection during breastfeeding.

2. Massage your breasts. Apply massage oil to nipples and breasts, and massage gently to make the nipple skin thicker and more elastic, the breast skin smooth, and help promote the development of mammary ducts. After massage, wash off the massage oil and apply lotion on the nipples and breasts.

3. Firm breasts. Due to the accumulation of breast fat and breast enlargement during pregnancy, breast sagging may occur after childbirth. To reduce postpartum breast sagging, you can do a breast massage on the breasts once a week to increase the contraction of the breasts and pectoral muscles.

4. Wear a suitable bra to reduce stimulation to the nipples and ensure beautiful and healthy breasts.

After becoming pregnant, women should massage their breasts frequently to keep the mammary glands unobstructed, which will reduce milk engorgement after the baby is born. If the nipples are sunken, you can pull them out frequently, but not too roughly, as the breasts and nipples are still very fragile, so the baby will not have trouble keeping breastfeeding. The above is about the care methods after nipple scab.