What to do if you have stomach pain during breastfeeding

When stomach pain occurs during the auxiliary breastfeeding period, we should pay special attention to our diet. You should eat some easily digestible food without affecting the supply of breast milk. Therefore, we recommend that mothers in the auxiliary breastfeeding period can understand the dietary principles well. For example, you can eat some vegetables and fruits, and try not to eat high-fat and coarse grains and other difficult-to-digest foods.

1. Eating liquid food is good for acute gastritis. The cause of the disease should be eliminated, the patient should rest in bed, and any food or medicine that may irritate the stomach should be avoided. The patient should be fasted or given liquid food as appropriate. If there is bleeding, hemostatic treatment should be given.

2. Avoid eating rough and irritating foods. Avoid eating foods that are too hard, too spicy, too salty, too hot, too rough, and too irritating. Such as fried foods, pickled foods, peppers, garlic, etc. Regardless of whether they cause stomach acid or not, you're best avoiding citrus juices, tomato products, coffee, alcohol, and any foods that directly irritate the esophagus.

3. Avoid high-fat foods High-fat foods, alcohol, sugar, and chocolate can relax the sphincter and cause reflux, so if you have symptoms of heartburn, you should avoid these foods.

4. Chewing slowly and thoroughly is definitely helpful for digestion. You should chew your food thoroughly so that it is fully mixed with saliva. Avoiding stress during meals can give your digestion a good start.

5. Eat regularly and pay attention to dietary conditioning and maintenance, eat regularly at regular times and in regular amounts to maintain the normal rhythm of digestive activities. You must not eat one meal and skip the next or skip breakfast, and especially avoid overeating.

6. Pay attention to balanced nutrition. Choose nutritious, easily digestible soft foods, and eat more foods rich in plant protein and vitamins. You can eat cooked millet, rice porridge, goat's milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, and kefir. If symptoms are severe, eat some soft foods, such as rice soup, avocado, banana, potato, and pumpkin. Blend all the vegetables before cooking. Occasionally, eat some steamed vegetables such as carrots, cauliflower and greens.

7. Eat small meals more than three times a day, such as six small meals, as long as you feel comfortable. Avoid eating before going to bed, and do not eat too much or too full, so as to prevent excessive expansion of the gastric antrum and increase the secretion of gastric acid.

8. Increase fiber intake by eating foods containing fiber. Fiber is considered an anti-cancer ingredient, and eating a high-fiber diet can also reduce the chance of duodenal ulcers. Fiber is thought to promote the secretion of mucin, which protects the duodenal mucosa. 9. Control your water intake. People with gastric acid deficiency should avoid diluting gastric juice. It is advisable to add vinegar, lemon juice and acidic seasoning crystals to the diet, and eat less food that is difficult to digest and easy to cause bloating. Try to drink less water before and after meals.

9. Drink vegetable juice. Fresh cabbage juice is rich in glutamine, which promotes the growth of mucin-producing cells and is beneficial for protecting the gastric mucosa. Drink the juice immediately after it is made and do not store it. For patients with excessive stomach acid, they can drink a glass when they have stomach pain to dilute the stomach acid.

10. Drink less milk. For a long time, milk has been regarded as an excellent gastric acid buffer. However, although it can temporarily buffer gastric acid, the calcium and protein in the milk will stimulate more gastric acid secretion later, making the stomach more uncomfortable. Almond milk is a good substitute.

The article introduces the dietary principles for stomach pain during the auxiliary breastfeeding period. I hope that mothers in the auxiliary breastfeeding period can pay attention to it. This will be of great help for you to take care of your baby's development and your own body. When we encounter this situation in life, you should relax and adjust yourself in time so that you can make the food you want to eat.