What is milk leaking?

Nowadays, many mothers choose to breastfeed their children for the sake of their children's health. Some women's breasts are not fully capable of storing milk, which can lead to milk leakage, making women feel embarrassed. If the milk supply is enough for the baby, milk leakage is not a big problem. However, some women have less milk, and if they leak milk, the baby will not have enough to eat. The following introduces the causes of milk leakage so that you can come up with appropriate solutions.

After giving birth, milk continues to flow out, which is commonly known as milk leakage. In medicine, milk leakage refers to the phenomenon that the breasts cannot store milk and leak out during delivery. It is also called postpartum milk leakage. For most mothers, milk leakage is a normal physiological phenomenon. Milk leakage usually lasts from the beginning of lactation to 6 weeks.

In addition, some mothers leak milk because they have too much milk and the milk overflows. However, milk leakage has little to do with the amount of milk. Some mothers with less milk may also experience milk leakage.

Milk leakage usually lasts from the beginning of lactation to 6 weeks. It is difficult to artificially prevent milk leakage during this period. Generally, after 6 weeks of breastfeeding, the mother and baby will form a suitable breastfeeding pattern, the mother's breasts will become soft, and the milk leakage will gradually disappear.

Mothers with active milk letdown reflex may experience breast milk leakage within a few weeks, which is not only embarrassing for their image but also has an adverse effect on their baby's breastfeeding. New mothers should know the reasons for postpartum milk leakage. We often hear about women who have just given birth experiencing milk leakage. The uncontrollable milk soaks their clothes and causes embarrassment. The worst thing is that the hungry baby can only cry loudly because of hunger. Do you know that milk leakage is a clinical medical phenomenon in which the mother's milk overflows without the baby's sucking or squeezing during postpartum breastfeeding? There are many reasons for postpartum milk leakage. We will give you the answers based on breast structure and traditional Chinese medicine theory. This is how traditional Chinese medicine views the phenomenon of milk leakage in postpartum women: the milk cannot be contained and leaks out.