How to relieve breast engorgement when weaning

When mothers wean their babies, they will go through a period of milk swelling. At this time, women's breasts will feel unbearable pain, and even a slight shaking in the car will make the chest pain worse, which is very uncomfortable.

Therefore, many mothers want to know how to relieve the pain of breast swelling, make the breasts more comfortable and healthier, and successfully pass the breast swelling period.

Apply hot compress: Women often experience breast swelling and pain in the late stage of weaning. This is because there is breast milk in the mammary glands that has not been discharged. At this time, the blockage will cause milk swelling and pain. If the mammary glands can be unblocked in time, the pain of milk swelling can be effectively alleviated.

At this time, you can soak a clean cotton towel in hot water, dry it and apply heat to the chest, which can help unclog the mammary glands and significantly improve the pain. But in this process, be careful not to let the temperature be too high to avoid burns to the chest skin.

Scientific massage: If you want to improve the situation of milk swelling, scientific massage methods can also play the role of dredging the mammary glands, thereby alleviating breast pain to a certain extent. However, during the massage process, special attention should be paid not to use too large a amplitude to avoid damaging the breast, which is detrimental to breast health, may aggravate chest pain, and even cause symptoms such as mastitis. Therefore, massage is best performed under the guidance of a professional.

Taking a hot bath: Like hot compresses, taking a hot bath can also help unclog the mammary glands. In particular, you can bathe properly to keep your breasts at a higher temperature, which can accelerate metabolism and circulation, help breast permeability, and greatly alleviate the feeling of chest pain.

Eat foods that help weaning: During the weaning period, women can intentionally eat foods that are conducive to weaning. This can speed up the weaning process, allow breast milk to stop secreting as soon as possible, reduce the time of milk swelling, and have a great improvement effect on breast pain. For example, amaranth and maltose are both effective milk-reducing foods without any side effects. Women can eat some of them appropriately after weaning. Generally, milk can be eliminated in about a week, and the chest pain will be greatly reduced. If there are no special circumstances, it is not recommended for women in the weaning period to wean by medication. Of course, weaning is more beneficial to their health.

No matter which method is used for weaning, women will go through an unbearable milk swelling period, the difference lies in the length of time. Depending on physical conditions, some women can be weaned in about three or four days, while some women may need a week to ten days to be effectively weaned.

During this period, women can try to relieve the pain through the above methods to avoid the negative impact of breast pain on the body and mentality, and maintain breast health.