What to do if breast milk is too much and the milk is painful

Breastfeeding mothers actually have a lot of worries. If there is too little breast milk, they will worry about affecting the feeding of the baby, but if there is too much milk, it will also cause a lot of trouble. When the pregnant mother wakes up, she will find that her breasts are sore and swollen, and the soft breasts become two hard stones. The baby can't suck milk and cries because of hunger. Excessive milk is a problem that many new mothers encounter on the road to milk production.

What should pregnant mothers do when breast milk is swollen and painful?

1. Use the correct breastfeeding posture.

If the latching posture is incorrect, the baby will eat less breast milk and will not feel full. If the breastfeeding posture is correct, breast milk will come out faster, the baby will drink the milk more cleanly, and pregnant mothers will not easily have milk engorgement.

2. Drain the breast immediately.

If the amount of mother's milk exceeds the baby's stomach capacity, then every time the baby drinks milk, the mother's breasts will have a lot of breast milk left. If the mother does not express breast milk, milk blockage will occur, and breast milk will not come out, it will accumulate in the mammary glands, causing breast pain.

If after breastfeeding, only a few drops of squeezed breast milk come out, and the breasts shrink and become indented, it proves that the baby has eaten well. If you can still squeeze out gushing breast milk, or the breasts are still full, it proves that there is still a lot of breast milk. The mother should use a manual breast pump to squeeze out all the breast milk, store it in a breast milk storage bag, and put it in the refrigerator.

3. Massage your breasts more often, or seek help from a lactation consultant.

Before and after breastfeeding, the mother can massage her breasts more to unclog the mammary glands so that the baby can breastfeed more smoothly.

4. Let your baby suck more.

In the case of milk blockage, it proves that the mammary glands are blocked. The baby's feeding force is very strong, and frequent feeding can gradually relieve breast pain.

When milk ducts are blocked, some mothers think that adults are stronger and let their husbands suck milk. In fact, babies are born with the ability to drink milk, and adults are not as good as children. What's more, if the disinfection work is not done well, it is easy to infect the baby with bacteria.