Breastfeeding women must pay attention to these matters!

The lactation period for women refers to breastfeeding the baby. During the lactation period, personal living and eating habits should be maintained well, especially spicy food should be avoided, which will easily break down breast milk, resulting in the baby not being able to fully absorb the nutrients in the breast milk. It will also affect the secretion of breast milk, so you must be moderate in your diet.

Need to pay attention to diet

For the sake of her own and her baby's health, mothers should avoid consuming certain foods that may affect milk secretion or having some personal special hobbies during breastfeeding, so as not to destroy the good feeding effect.

1. Foods that inhibit milk secretion: such as leeks, malt, ginseng and other foods.

2. Irritating things: The diet after childbirth should be light. Do not eat irritating things, including spicy seasonings, peppers, alcohol, coffee and cigarettes.

① Alcohol: Generally speaking, a small amount of alcohol can promote milk secretion and has no effect on the baby; if it is excessive, it will inhibit milk secretion and affect uterine contraction, so you should drink less or not drink it.

②Coffee: It can excite the human central nervous system. One cup of 150 ml coffee contains 100 ml of caffeine. It is best for normal people not to drink more than 3 cups a day. Although there is no evidence that it is harmful to infants, breastfeeding mothers should drink it in moderation or stop drinking it.

③ Excessively stimulating seasonings, such as chili peppers, should be used in moderation by breastfeeding mothers.

3. Fried foods and high-fat foods: These foods are difficult to digest and are high in calories, so they should be consumed in moderation.

4. Cigarettes and tobacco: If a breastfeeding mother continues to smoke while breastfeeding, nicotine will quickly appear in the breast milk and be absorbed by the baby. Studies have shown that nicotine has adverse effects on the baby's respiratory tract. Therefore, it is best for breastfeeding mothers to quit smoking and avoid inhaling secondhand smoke.

5. Medicine: For breastfeeding mothers, although most medicines will not affect the baby at normal doses, it is still recommended that breastfeeding mothers tell their doctors that they are breastfeeding before taking the medicine on their own, so that the doctor can prescribe suitable medicines and choose medicines with shorter duration to minimize the amount of medicine that passes through breast milk. Female breastfeeding

In addition, if a mother takes medicine after breastfeeding her baby, she should feed the baby when the concentration of the medicine in the breast milk reaches the lowest, so that the baby will be safer.

6. Allergic conditions: Sometimes newborns may suffer from some allergic conditions. Postpartum mothers may wish to observe whether the baby's skin has rashes and evaluate their own diet as a reference for early detection and early treatment. Therefore, it is recommended that postpartum mothers breastfeed and avoid eating any food that may cause allergies in the baby.

1. The diet of a nursing mother must not be partial or picky. She must be willing to eat coarse grains, fine grains, meat, vegetables, melons and fruits. This will improve the quality of breast milk and be beneficial to the growth and development of the baby.

2. Breastfeeding mothers should try to eat less irritating food, because if they eat irritating food, it will enter the baby's body through breast milk and affect the baby's health. But it is okay to eat a small amount of condiments, such as pepper, vinegar, etc.

3. Breastfeeding mothers should not eat too much chocolate, because the cocoa alkali contained in chocolate will penetrate into breast milk and accumulate in the baby's body. Theobromine can damage the nervous system and heart, relax muscles, increase urination, and cause indigestion, unstable sleep, and constant crying in infants. If a pregnant woman eats too much chocolate, it will affect her appetite and make her fat.

4. Nursing mothers should not drink too much malted milk, because the malt in malted milk will inhibit the mammary gland from secreting milk, reducing milk production, which is not good for the health of the baby.

5. During the confinement period, mothers can eat some hawthorn and hawthorn food appropriately. This is because hawthorn can help the mother's uterus contraction and lochia discharge, which is good for restoring health.

Breastfeeding mothers should contain the following nutrients: one kilogram of milk per day. It can be fresh milk, low-fat milk, fat-free milk, condensed milk or milk powder, and drink it in 6 times. To ensure adequate vitamin C intake, two of the fruits and vegetables must be eaten raw, and the other two should be eaten in the form of oranges, grapefruits, tomatoes, raw cabbage or berries. To ensure adequate vitamin A, you should eat a dark green leafy vegetable or a light yellow leafy vegetable. Eat meat, poultry, and fish at least once a day, or twice a day if the amount is larger. Animal liver has particularly high nutritional value and should be eaten occasionally. 1 egg per day. Cereals and bread should be eaten three times a day. Pure cereals containing various B vitamins should be eaten. You should also take some vitamin D preparations to ensure the absorption of calcium in your diet.

Breastfeeding women

1. When you have an infectious disease

Mothers should not breastfeed when they have a serious infectious disease to prevent the disease from being transmitted to the baby. If the mother suffers from hepatitis or lung disease, she must stop breastfeeding.

2. During medication

When a mother is ill (such as a cold, fever, etc.) and has to take medicine, she should stop breastfeeding and resume breastfeeding after she recovers and stops taking the medicine. However, you should pay attention to expressing the milk according to the feeding time every day to ensure lactation more than 3 times a day. Do not feed expressed breast milk to your baby to avoid the drug ingredients in it having adverse effects on your baby.

3. When suffering from a wasting disease

Mothers who suffer from heart disease, kidney disease, or diabetes can decide whether to breastfeed based on the doctor's diagnosis. Generally speaking, mothers who suffer from the above-mentioned diseases but are able to give birth can breastfeed, but they should pay attention to nutrition and rest, and shorten the breastfeeding time appropriately according to their physical condition.

4. When you suffer from severe nipple cracks and mastitis

When a mother suffers from severe diseases such as nipple fissures and mastitis, she should stop breastfeeding and seek timely treatment to avoid worsening of the condition. But you can express breast milk and feed it to your baby.

5. Radioactive iodine therapy

Since iodine can enter breast milk and damage the baby's thyroid function, breastfeeding should be temporarily stopped. After the treatment is completed, the level of radioactive substances in the breast milk should be tested. Breastfeeding can be resumed after it returns to normal.

6. Exposure to toxic chemicals or pesticides

Harmful substances can poison babies through breast milk, so during breastfeeding, you should avoid contact with harmful substances and stay away from harmful environments. If exposed, breastfeeding must be stopped.

7. After exercise

Lactic acid is produced in the body during exercise. When lactic acid is retained in the blood, it will change the taste of breast milk and babies will not like it. According to tests, this phenomenon can be produced by exercise of moderate intensity or above. Therefore, mothers who are responsible for breastfeeding should only engage in some "mild" exercises and rest for a while after exercise before breastfeeding.

Breast reduction during lactation

Nursing a baby is a manifestation of maternal love, and breastfeeding is the best way for babies. All healthy mothers should breastfeed their children.

Under the action of large amounts of estrogen, progesterone, placental lactogen and other hormones, women's breasts become fuller. After delivery, as the levels of various hormones in the body decrease, pituitary lactogen is no longer inhibited, and the mother begins to lactate. The secretion of pituitary lactogen will in turn inhibit the function of the ovaries.

Generally, women's ovarian function will recover quickly after the lactation period. However, some women have prolonged breastfeeding, poor ovarian function, or their ovaries are more sensitive to prolactin, which leads to a slow recovery of ovarian function, resulting in a decrease in female hormone secretion and breast atrophy.

Many women consume a lot of energy during breastfeeding and the hard work of raising children causes their body fat to be greatly reduced, causing them to become thinner and their breasts to shrink. You need to regulate your diet and eat more nutritious foods containing sufficient animal fat and protein to replenish the fat lost in the body. Regularly massaging your breasts can help restore breast fullness.

Mothers who have given birth to babies know that since the beginning of pregnancy, the breasts have been gradually growing to store milk. After giving birth, milk will usually be produced within 12 hours. At this time, the breasts will be much larger and fuller than before pregnancy. Generally speaking, a woman's breasts will sag after breastfeeding, which is very normal. However, not every woman will experience sagging after breastfeeding. Some women have severe sagging, while some women have basically no sagging. It varies from person to person.