Breast tenderness and pain during lactation

Women have a long breastfeeding period after giving birth to a baby. This period is when the baby grows faster. Many people say that the baby changes every day. However, as a mother in the process of pregnancy, she will encounter many problems during this period, and many people are full of worries. Today we will learn together what to do if your breasts are loose and painful at the edges during lactation.

1. What should I do if my breasts are loose during lactation?

Such a situation can be said to be related to insufficient milk. No matter what the reason is for the insufficient milk, the mother must first have confidence in breastfeeding, maintain a positive attitude, and persist in feeding the baby breast milk on demand even if the appetite is small. The daily life of the nursing mother should be properly arranged, without overwork, and should get enough sleep; the diet should be nutritious, drink more old hen soup, fish head soup, bone soup, crucian carp tofu soup or pig's foot soup; take a variety of nutrients orally; you can also combine Chinese and Western medicine or acupuncture under the guidance of a doctor.

During each feeding, let the baby fully suck one breast, then suck the other breast, until it gives up automatically; the next time, start with the breast that was sucked last, and suck both breasts alternately in this way, so that both breasts get the same stimulation opportunities, which can promote the secretion of more milk in the breasts.

2. What should I do if my breasts hurt during lactation?

Generally speaking, if there is sudden, persistent, and relatively severe pain in the breast, and accompanied by obvious dull pain, it is considered to be various subacute infectious diseases of the breast; if there is throbbing pain in the part, it is possible that the part has become purulent.

If breast pain is pathological, and often begins before menstruation or worsens during menstruation, and can be relieved or disappeared after menstruation, it is considered to be early menstrual anxiety syndrome. The pain is distending or stabbing, sometimes involving the armpit or shoulder and back in the same direction. Some patients have mild to moderate dull pain, which is considered to be a proliferative space-occupying lesion.

In general, what should you do if your breasts are loose but very painful during lactation? You all understand, right? If female friends encounter this problem during breastfeeding, they must pay more attention to it, see which situation they belong to, and deal with it in time. Don't wait until it becomes serious before paying attention. This way, it will not have any impact on the baby, nor will it cause serious harm to your own body.