What to do if you have less milk after giving birth to your second child

If a woman does not have enough milk after giving birth, the baby will not have enough "food" to eat, which will be bad for the baby's healthy growth and development. In particular, some women have less breast milk after giving birth to their second child due to age or other factors. So what should you do if you don’t have enough milk after giving birth to your second child?

1. The situation of insufficient milk after giving birth to the second child is mostly caused by the woman’s Qi and blood deficiency. You can eat some food that replenishes qi and blood appropriately. Such as red dates, dried longan, brown sugar, peanut kernels, etc.

2. In addition, dietary therapy to promote lactation should also be carried out. For example, you can make tongcao pork tripe soup, bone soup, soybean stewed pig's trotter soup and so on. These milk-producing foods can increase the secretion of milk and have a very good regulating effect on insufficient milk after giving birth.

3. Let your baby eat more and eat frequently. Even if there is very little milk, it should be carried out. Because the baby's sucking can stimulate the breasts and mammary glands, which will cause breast and mammary gland reaction and help milk secretion.

4. Pay attention to rest. Sufficient sleep is very effective in promoting the metabolism of breast milk. After combining the above aspects, add a good rest, so that the milk can reach the normal secretion amount.

5. There is also a key point. Women during breastfeeding must maintain a positive and cheerful mood, don't get angry or try to get angry as little as possible. This will ensure adequate milk secretion. Many women, when they are depressed or angry, will have no breast milk in the later stages even if they have breast milk. Therefore, the quality of mood is also related to the amount of milk secretion.

3 recipes to give you plenty of breast milk

Wax Gourd, Red Bean and Raw Fish Head Soup

Raw materials: 150 grams each of raw fish and winter melon, appropriate amount of yam, red beans, jujube, and peanut kernels, 20 grams of scallops, a small amount of salt, and appropriate amount of ginger.

Preparation: 1. Clean the raw fish, slice it and blanch it to remove the blood, peel the wax gourd and cut it into slices, wash the Chinese yam and scallops separately, wash and soak the red beans, jujubes and peanuts until soft.

2. Pour water into a clean pot that is easy to catch fire, add all the ingredients, cook until cooked, and add salt.

Function: nourishing the skin and beautifying, promoting diuresis and lactation.

Walnut meat and black sesame paste

Raw materials: 10 grams each of white mustard seeds and coix seed powder, 15 grams of walnut meat, 20 grams of black sesame powder, and 1 teaspoon of pure honey.

Method: 1. Reserve the decoction of white mustard seeds.

2. Fry the walnut meat and black sesame powder together over low heat until fragrant, remove from the heat and let it cool, put it into a blender and blend it into powder. Put it into a cup, add coix seed powder, pour in the prepared juice, and add pure honey after it cools.

Function: Nourishes the kidney and strengthens yang, promotes hair care, benefits the brain and promotes lactation.

Jujube and white sesame porridge

Raw materials: 20 grams of jujube, 10 grams each of Polygonum multiflorum and old brown sugar, a small amount of black sesame powder, and 100 grams of rice.

Method: 1. Put the Polygonum multiflorum into the pot, pour in a bowl of water and boil until it is reduced to half a bowl. Remove the residue and set aside. Remove the core of the red dates and wash them. Wash and soak the rice.

2. Put the pot on the fire, fill it with water, put in the rice, and cook over fire until the rice grains are budding.

3. Pour in the Polygonum multiflorum juice, add in jujube and black sesame powder, simmer until the porridge is thick, then add in brown sugar.

Function: Nourish blood and Qi, strengthen the body, beautify the skin and promote lactation.