What should I do if my milk does not increase after giving birth?

I believe that mothers must be familiar with the symptom of lack of milk supply after childbirth. Lack of milk supply after childbirth is a symptom that mothers are prone to. Lack of milk supply after childbirth can easily affect the feeding of the baby. Therefore, mothers who encounter this symptom must pay attention to it and find ways to deal with it in time. So what methods can we use to promote lactation? In the following article, we will introduce to you what to do if your milk does not increase after childbirth.

The first step to promote lactation is to apply a hot towel. When you feel your breasts are swollen, wring out a hot towel and apply it to your breasts in a circle with your nipples exposed in the middle.

The second step is to massage after hot compress. You can adjust your sitting position, hold one breast with both hands, and squeeze from the breast towards the nipple to encourage milk to flow out. At this step, you need to pay attention to "wrap" the towel with both hands, press the breasts tightly, and don't let the towel rub on the skin!

The most important thing for lactation is to express the milk, and a manual breast pump is the third and most critical step.

Using a breast pump can create a vacuum space, which promotes stable milk secretion. The petal massage pad can be gently expanded and contracted to imitate the baby's sucking action, evacuate breast lumps and promote milk secretion. Whenever a mother feels her breasts becoming engorged, she should express the milk.

Using a manual breast pump can also encourage mothers with insufficient milk to secrete more milk. Through the effects of suction and massage, milk can be secreted faster and more naturally.

It is also very important to let the baby "suck early"! The earlier the baby touches the mother's chest, the more stimulation potential it can stimulate, so that he can find the mother's nipple more quickly and hold and suck correctly. Generally speaking, mothers who give birth naturally need to let their babies suck within half an hour after giving birth, while mothers who give birth by caesarean section should try to complete it within one hour after giving birth.

For mothers with insufficient milk, they can eat some lactation-inducing foods. Soybean and pig trotter soup, loofah and crucian carp soup, etc. all have the effect of promoting lactation. Your milk supply will increase as your baby grows, so don't worry too much.

In the above article, we introduced a symptom that is common in postpartum women, that is, lack of milk production after childbirth. We know that lack of milk production after childbirth will cause many troubles, so we must pay attention to this symptom. The above article introduces in detail what to do if milk production after childbirth does not occur.