What to do if there are lumps in the milk after childbirth

What to do if there are lumps in the milk after childbirth

In life, some female friends may have more milk after giving birth. When the baby is still small, the breast cannot be completely drained of milk, which can easily cause lumps after delivery. Therefore, we recommend that you squeeze out the milk that the baby cannot suck through milking in life. This can alleviate the problem of postpartum milk swelling and lumps. I hope you can try it and see the effect.

It is quite common to have breast lumps after childbirth. The key is whether you can handle it correctly in your life, so that you will not experience breast pain when you sleep at night. I hope you can squeeze out the milk that your baby cannot absorb.

You can use a breast pump, apply a hot towel to the lump, and push it hard towards the nipple with your hands. Be sure to endure the pain. If you don't push it away, you may get mastitis at worst, or the milk will overflow at best. Also, her lumps must be sucked out. You can apply a hot towel first, and then suck them out, or you can go to the hospital and let the baby suck them out. Otherwise, the lumps can easily cause acute mastitis. In severe cases, you will have a fever, and surgery will be required to cure it.

It is a lump caused by milk stasis. The causes of milk stasis include: nipple hypoplasia (too small or inverted) interfering with breastfeeding; too much milk or the baby sucking too little milk, resulting in the milk not being completely emptied; milk duct blockage affecting milk discharge. You can use hot water for hot compresses and local massage. After breastfeeding your baby, you can use a breast pump to help you express milk and try to express as much milk as possible. If the lump does not go away, or if fever or unbearable pain occurs, you need to go to the hospital and receive timely treatment under the guidance of a doctor to avoid mastitis.

You can use hot water for hot compresses and local massage. After breastfeeding your baby, you can use a breast pump to help you express milk and try to express as much milk as possible. Go to a Chinese medicine store and get some deer antler powder and mix it with boiled water, and your mammary ducts will be unobstructed. You can use a hot towel to apply and try to let the baby feel better. Most obstetrics and gynecology hospitals have massage and milk duct smoothing services, you can try that. It should be fine.

As for what to do if your milk becomes swollen and has lumps after childbirth as described in the article, you should know the methods now after reading this article. Therefore, we suggest that you should have a certain understanding of the contents introduced in the article in your life, which will be of great help in alleviating your baby's milk engorgement and lumps in your life.

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