Is it scientific to use a massage to reduce milk production?

When women are weaning their children, they generally need to stop breastfeeding so that the amount of milk can be reduced and the breasts can return to normal. There are many ways to stop breastfeeding, the more common ones are food and medicine. In addition, many people choose to ask a lactation consultant to do massage to achieve the effect of weaning. So, is it scientific for a lactation consultant to use massage to reduce milk production?

1. Is it effective to use a lactation consultant to massage and reduce milk production?

1. You do not need a lactation consultant. You can stop breastfeeding naturally by gradually reducing the number of feedings and shortening the feeding time. At the same time, you should pay attention to taking less soup and milk-inducing foods to gradually reduce milk secretion until it stops completely.

2. If conditions permit at home, you can also choose to have a lactation consultant massage you and artificially stop the milk production, which is to use various milk-suppressing drugs to reduce milk secretion. Or you can have a massage by a prolactin therapist, or you can take hormone drugs orally or inject them intramuscularly, 5 mg each time, 3 times a day, for 3 to 5 days, or 2 mg each time, 2 times a day, for 3 to 5 days. Oral or external use of Chinese herbal medicine for weaning can also have a good effect, such as 120g of roasted malt, decocted with water, and taken warm in 3 doses.

2. What are the massage techniques of lactation consultants?

1. Pressing method: using fingertips or palms to press up and down rhythmically on appropriate parts of the patient's body is called pressing method. Commonly used methods include single-handed pressing and double-handed pressing. Massage is to use fingers or palms to give soft touch to appropriate parts of the patient's body. Massage is often combined with pressing and pushing. There are one-handed massage commonly used on upper limbs and shoulders, and two-handed massage commonly used on the chest. There are two types of massage methods commonly used in clinical practice: one-handed or two-handed. Because pushing and rubbing cannot be separated, pushing already includes rubbing, so pushing and rubbing are often used together.

2. The holding method is to use your hands to pick up the skin at the appropriate part with a little force. This is called the holding method. In the kneading method, the doctor places his hands on the patient's skin and makes slight rotating kneading movements. The kneading method can be divided into single-handed kneading and double-handed kneading. The kneading method is to use fingers to lift the skin and muscles from the bone surface at the appropriate position. For the trembling method, the movements should be quick, short and even. It is appropriate to vibrate about 10 times per second. The striking method is also called the tapping method. Open the milk ducts that have been closed for many years in the mother.

3. Scientific methods of weaning

First of all, when weaning your baby off breastfeeding, you must choose the right time. For example, spring or autumn would be better. On the one hand, the weather will not be too hot, which is more conducive to the baby eating complementary foods. On the other hand, the mother will not suffer too much pain due to milk engorgement.

Secondly, you should get used to reducing breastfeeding in the period before you are ready to stop breastfeeding, so that the amount of milk will gradually decrease.

For some friends, they can boil some malt and hawthorn water to drink at the beginning of weaning, which is also very effective in stopping milk production, but generally it takes about 5 days to do so.

It is normal to have milk engorgement during the weaning period. If it is serious, you can use a breast pump or slowly squeeze out some of the milk with your hands, but be sure not to squeeze it out completely, otherwise it will intensify milk secretion.

In order to help weaning go away better, you must eat more green vegetables that are beneficial to weaning during the weaning period, such as leeks, bitter gourd, etc. Do not drink some more nutritious hot drinks. It would be better to supplement after completing weaning.

At the same time, during the weaning period, it is best not to stimulate the nipples, especially by letting children touch them, etc., otherwise it will further stimulate the breasts to produce milk. For some friends, professional massage is also very effective in scientifically weaning.

If you decide to stop breastfeeding, you must be very decisive so that you can quit breastfeeding in no time. Weaning is not something that can be done in one day. For some friends, it may take a week. This requires corresponding psychological preparation in advance so that you can achieve the desired results.