Can I use a breast pump to suck out my swollen breasts?

During the lactation period, mothers either encounter insufficient milk or breast engorgement. Breast engorgement will make mothers feel breast pain and is not conducive to the renewal of milk. Therefore, when mothers experience breast engorgement, we should use scientific methods to squeeze out the milk to relieve the pain of breast engorgement. The milk that has increased after a woman has just given birth can be sucked out using a breast pump. The sucked out milk can be kept fresh in the refrigerator and then given to the baby.

Can I use a breast pump to extract the milk during weaning?

1. Women will have a period of weaning after weaning. If the breasts are very full of milk during this period, you can use a breast pump to suck out some of it. If the breasts are very full during the weaning period, it is easy to get mastitis, so women should deal with the breast fullness in time during the weaning period. It is recommended that women relax, get enough rest, and drink less soup during the period of weaning.

2. Because women have more milk during weaning, it can easily cause breast pain. You can use a breast pump to suck out some of the milk. However, during weaning, women must be careful to avoid squeezing their breasts and not do any strenuous activities. Get adequate rest to avoid female mastitis. During the weaning period, you should also eat light food and avoid eating foods containing fat and protein, because these foods can make pregnant women produce more milk, so try not to eat them.

3. There are many ways to help women reduce pain during the weaning period after weaning. Women can use hot compresses during the weaning period. Hot compresses can make women's breasts unobstructed and promote blood circulation in women's breasts. Because the skin on women's areola and nipple is relatively delicate, women should try to avoid these two areas when applying hot compresses. The temperature of the hot compress should not be too hot to avoid scalding the woman's skin.

What should mothers do when their breasts swell during the weaning period?

During the weaning period, expectant mothers have limited breast space, but milk is continuously secreted. If there is no baby to suck, the breasts will become larger and larger, and expectant mothers will experience symptoms of breast pain. Breast milk swelling will not only affect the lives of expectant mothers, but if not handled in time, it may also lead to mastitis. Therefore, if expectant mothers have severe breast milk swelling, they should find ways to improve the symptoms.

1. Milking

When the milk is swelling rapidly after weaning, you can squeeze it out a little. But you must not squeeze it out, you must be moderate. The traditional practice is that even if the milk is increasing, you cannot squeeze it. The old people will say that if the milk increases a little, it will go back down. But in fact, allowing the breasts to swell without limit is very risky. Once the milk ducts are blocked, it is very likely to cause mastitis. Therefore, in order to prevent mastitis caused by weaning, it is still necessary to slowly express milk when breasts are full.

2. Hot and cold compresses

If the breast swelling due to weaning is really uncomfortable, you can apply a hot towel to it. Hot compress can make the milk lumps blocking the mammary glands become unobstructed and improve breast circulation. When applying hot compress, be careful to avoid the areola and nipple areas because the skin in these two areas is more tender. The temperature of the hot compress should not be too hot to avoid scalding the skin. If new mothers have severe breast engorgement and pain, they can use cold compresses to relieve the pain. But remember to express the milk first and then apply cold compress.

3. Pay attention to your diet

After weaning, new mothers should drink less soup to help reduce milk secretion and stop milk production faster. At the same time, you should drink less nourishing soup, reduce nutrition, and avoid eating stewed chicken, stewed meat, or nutritious medicinal food. You can drink barley malt tea every day for a week or two, which is very effective in stopping milk production. In order to reduce the pain of milk swelling during weaning, new mothers can take some medicines to help with milk withdrawal. However, if the new mother does not have much milk before weaning her baby, she does not need to take any medicines and the milk secretion will stop naturally.

4. After weaning, the mother should drink less soup.

This helps reduce milk secretion and stop milk production more quickly. If there is still a lot of milk, you can use a bra binder to tightly bind your breasts, or when your breasts are too full, use a breast pump to suck out some of the milk and then bind your breasts tightly with cloth. If you don't feel your breasts are too swollen, don't squeeze your milk to avoid stimulating your breasts to secrete milk. You can also use some medications to stop milk production under the guidance of a doctor.

5. Taking drugs to stop breastfeeding

Different measures should be taken according to the specific situation. First, you should stop drinking large amounts of soup, reduce nutrition, and avoid eating stewed chicken, stewed meat, or nutritious medicinal food. Then, you can use drugs to stop milk secretion.

The solution to breast milk engorgement due to weaning is as introduced above. Mothers can try to solve it once this phenomenon occurs. Solving the problem of breast engorgement after weaning is good for both the baby and the mother.