Does eating durian increase milk production during breastfeeding?

You must pay attention to your diet during breastfeeding. If you are not careful, it is easy to make the wrong choice, which will affect the health of your baby and yourself, and even affect the amount of breast milk. Many women have less breast milk, so they will look for some foods that promote lactation. Durian is high in nutrients, so can eating durian during breastfeeding help promote lactation?

Eating durian can help pregnant women promote lactation and has a very good effect on the healthy growth of babies. However, you must pay attention to controlling the amount and not eating too much. Durian is a hot food. Eating too much can easily cause getting angry. Therefore, you must eat moderately during breastfeeding, and pay attention to drinking plenty of water to avoid constipation.

Durian is extremely nutritious and has the effects of strengthening the body, replenishing yin, and strengthening the kidney and yang. Breastfeeding mothers can use it to nourish the body. Durian can also promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, and improve abdominal coldness. It is very suitable for people with weak and cold constitution. However, durian is not easy to digest and absorb, so it must not be eaten too much, especially for postpartum women with cough. Eating durian will make the condition worse.

During breastfeeding, you should eat more light and nourishing foods, and don’t eat too many hot foods, such as kiwi, fruit, papaya, apple, and red grapes, which are all warm and nourishing foods and are good for the body. In order to make the milk more abundant during breastfeeding, new mothers are advised to let their babies suck the nipples more often to keep the breast milk flowing smoothly, and to maintain a happy mood.

Matters to be noted for lactation in parturients

1. Let your baby suck early and frequently

Newborn babies should suck their mother's nipples within one and a half hours after birth. Even if there is no milk, they should still suck for a few times to establish milk-inducing reflex and milk ejection reflex as soon as possible, so as to promote early and abundant milk production. If milk is released late, the chances of unsuccessful breastfeeding will increase. It is recommended that new mothers should not forbid their children to suck the nipple just because they have no milk at the beginning. Instead, they should let them touch the nipple more often, and slowly the baby will learn to suck by their own strength.

2. Share the same room with mother and baby supplies and feed on demand

The secretion of milk is the result of the creation of the milk secretion reflex and the milk ejection reflex caused by the baby's sucking stimulation, as well as the interaction of lactogen and oxytocin secreted by the mother's hypothalamus-pituitary gland. The more frequent the sucking stimulation and the stronger the sucking force, the greater the milk secretion. Therefore, it is recommended that mother and baby sleep together, breastfeed on demand, and feed according to the baby's physiological needs. This is conducive to the continuous secretion of mother's milk to fully meet the baby's nutritional needs.

3. Feel good and have strong confidence

Lactation is closely related to the central nervous system. Bad mental states such as tension, anxiety, anger, fear, etc. can lead to decreased lactation. The mother should maintain a happy spirit, have confidence in exclusive breastfeeding, pay attention to arranging time reasonably, ensure adequate sleep and rest, and maintain a happy mood.

4. Eat appropriate amounts of milk-boosting foods

Before each breastfeeding, the mother can cover the upper and lower breasts with a cold and damp towel, press the nipples with the palms of her hands, and gently massage in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction for 15 minutes. Breast massage can promote the secretion of prolactin and oxytocin, which can help the mother's milk enter the milk sinuses, promote lactation and relieve breast engorgement.