Baby is feeding on one side and leaking milk on the other side

After a woman gives birth to a baby after ten months of pregnancy, she will immediately enter the breastfeeding period. Postpartum women are already relatively weak. When breastfeeding at this time, the baby may feed on one side while leaking milk on the other side. At this time, the mother must replenish the nutrients needed by the body in time. She can suck out the milk in advance for preservation, so there is no need to worry about waste. Breastfeeding after childbirth also consumes a lot of qi and blood, so in order to maintain sufficient milk, you can drink more tonic soup.

Why does my baby leak milk on one side while eating?

During the breastfeeding period, when feeding the baby, milk overflows from the other nipple. This is normal. When breastfeeding, the pituitary gland in the brain will reflexively secrete prolactin, which of course acts on both breasts to secrete milk, so this situation will occur. It is recommended to press the other nipple with a towel or clean gauze to alleviate this phenomenon and avoid milk waste.

Why does milk overflow when the breasts are not swollen?

There is currently no fundamental medical solution to typical milk leakage. It is recommended not to use folk remedies indiscriminately to avoid accidental milk withdrawal. Use a nursing bra to make up for the loss

Also, try not to think about the baby, avoid touching your breasts, sleep in a separate room from your baby if possible, and try to sleep on your back.

What is leaking milk?

1. Lactation reflex.

In the first few weeks before the breasts start to secrete milk, the mother's breasts have a lactation reflex due to frequent breastfeeding, and milk leakage may occur when the breasts are stimulated.

2. Conditioned reflex.

Milk leakage during breastfeeding is also caused by a conditioned reflex when the mother sees other mothers breastfeeding, causing milk to leak from her own breasts. In addition, if there is too much milk accumulation in the breast, milk leakage may occur once the lactation reflex is triggered. For example, when there is a baby crying around or when you feed the baby with one breast, milk will also leak from the other breast.

3. Influence of breast structure.

If some mothers' nipples are located low, milk leakage may occur easily. In addition, some mothers have more milk. If the milk is not sucked out in time, the breasts will be full and easily overflow and leak milk.

4. Weakness of Qi and blood after childbirth.

Milk leakage may also be what Chinese medicine calls "inability to control milk and causing it to leak out." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that some mothers consume a lot of physical energy during childbirth and lose too much blood during childbirth. If they do not eat properly and do not get enough rest after childbirth, it is very easy to cause qi and blood deficiency, resulting in milk leakage.

What should I do if my breasts are always leaking milk?

The first method is to squeeze out the milk in time. If the breastfeeding mother has started working, she can prepare a milk pump and a bottle. In this way, if she feels her breasts are swollen during work, she can squeeze out the milk in time. Then she can hand over the bottle and put it in the refrigerator for refrigeration. After get off work, she can take it home to feed the baby. This not only solves the panic when the breasts are swollen, but also ensures that the baby has something to eat.

The second method is to use breast pads. For breastfeeding mothers, milk leakage is an embarrassing thing that cannot be avoided, so working mothers can use some breast pads to pad inside their underwear. In this way, when her underwear gets wet, she can change it in time to effectively avoid the embarrassment of milk leakage.