Breastfeeding angry milk is poisonous

There is a cartoon that shows a baby being poisoned because of drinking its mother’s milk. You may say that this is alarmist, because even a tiger will not eat its own cubs. Breast milk is the best source of nutrition for babies. But you are wrong, breast milk does not always have benefits. Scientists tell us that if breastfeeding women are in negative emotions such as sadness, anger, etc. for a long time, the breast milk they secrete will also be toxic.

01Do negative emotions affect breast milk?

①. What changes will occur in the endocrine system when a person is angry?

If we want to know whether negative emotions have an impact on breast milk, we must first understand what kind of changes will occur in the body's endocrine system when people have negative emotions such as anger.

Scientific research has shown that when the human body experiences drastic emotional changes, the brain's endocrine control center will "command" a series of things to make the body secrete large amounts of norepinephrine, adrenaline and dopamine.

The increase of adrenaline will make people's heart beat faster and increase blood sugar and blood pressure. This is why people's heart beats faster, their face turns red and they become breathless when they are angry.

These substances are secreted when the human body is under stress and play a protective role. They are harmless to the human body. But when the stress level is too high, it is also harmful to the human body!

②. How do endocrine changes affect breast milk?

When a breastfeeding mother experiences excessive mood swings or negative emotions, her endocrine system will change, and these changes will directly affect the quality and quantity of breast milk.

1. Breast milk secretion decreases or stops

The emotional fluctuations of breastfeeding mothers will not only affect the endocrine system, but also have a certain impact on the activity of the cerebral cortex and the qi and blood in the body.

These changes will directly lead to stagnation of Qi and blood in the body and a decrease in prolactin secretion. Therefore, after a breastfeeding mother experiences a major emotional fluctuation, the secretion of breast milk may decrease, change color, or even stop.

2. Cause the baby's heart rate to increase, blood pressure to rise, etc.

When a mother is angry, a large amount of hormones secreted in her body will enter the baby through breast milk, which will also cause the baby to have reactions such as increased heart rate, high blood pressure, and irritability.

The milk at this time is what people call "poisonous milk".

In fact, the so-called "toxic milk" is not poisonous at all. It is just a series of reactions caused by the hormones that enter the baby's body through breast milk.

02Can I breastfeed after getting angry?

When a breastfeeding mother gets angry, the quality of her breast milk will indeed decline, but it will not "poison the baby" as some people have said.

If the baby is hungry at this time, the mother can still feed the baby with confidence. There is no need to let the baby starve.

But mothers still need to be careful and not indulge in their negative emotions recklessly just because the "toxic milk" is fake.

The body of a woman who is breastfeeding after childbirth has not fully recovered. If she is in a negative mood of sadness, anxiety or even anger for a long time, it will not only affect her own physical recovery; if the baby drinks such low-quality breast milk for a long time, the development of various important organs in the body, disease resistance and digestion ability will be affected, and in severe cases, it may even lead to growth retardation!

Breastfeeding mothers, for the sake of their own and their babies' health, must control their emotions, not be too angry or too excited, do some appropriate exercise to relieve stress, and keep their mood calm and bright.

ps: After the uncontrollable emotional fluctuations, if the baby does not need to be fed immediately, mothers can squeeze out the low-quality breast milk and calm down their emotions as soon as possible.