Is it good or bad to wear nursing bras during confinement? When should you start wearing nursing bras?

We all know that after giving birth, women are weak and need to rest for a while to recover, so almost all women will spend the month after giving birth. During the month, there are many things to pay attention to, especially in terms of clothing. So do you need to wear nursing bras during the month? Let's take a closer look!

Do I need to wear nursing bras during confinement?

It is best to start wearing nursing bras during the confinement period.

During the confinement period, it is best for new mothers to wear nursing bras, but when choosing nursing bras, you should pay attention to the type that can be opened from the front, so that it is convenient for breastfeeding. You need to take off the nursing bra before going to bed to prevent problems such as mastitis and accessory breasts caused by mammary duct circulation disorders. These are all things that sisters who have just given birth need to pay attention to.

If you start wearing nursing bras during the confinement period, it will give the heavy breasts a lift, so that the skin on the surface of the breasts will not be stretched so much, thus preventing the problem of sagging breasts after childbirth to a large extent. In addition, mothers will have more serious milk leakage during the confinement period. You can wear nursing bras and anti-breast pads. If they get wet, you can change them at any time to avoid embarrassment.

Why should you wear nursing bra during confinement?

1. Convenient breastfeeding

Because of the special design of breastfeeding bras, mothers do not need to unbutton the bra completely. Instead, they can open the snap buttons or rings on the bra to expose just one breast and then they can easily breastfeed.

2. Prevent breast sagging

During the confinement period, the new mother's breasts are particularly full and plump due to milk. If a bra is not worn, the breasts will sag significantly due to the added weight, and coupled with the effect of gravity, they will sag even more. A bra of the right size can provide support, prevent and relieve breast sagging.

3. Avoid embarrassment

If a new mother is in confinement in winter, it is better if she wears thicker clothes. But if she is in confinement in summer, wearing thin clothes will cause embarrassment due to the protruding nipples, and then she will leak breasts, making her chest wet.

It would be embarrassing if friends and relatives who came to visit me and my baby saw me doing this.

4. Relieve Breast Discomfort

When the breasts are swollen, wearing a suitable supportive bra will make the mother feel very comfortable. Some experts recommend wearing a bra 24 hours a day during the milk swelling period.

5. Avoid the embarrassment of exposure

When mothers are breastfeeding at home during the confinement period, they may sometimes encounter other elders at home or visiting relatives and friends. Nursing bras can prevent mothers from exposing themselves while breastfeeding and avoid embarrassment.

How to choose nursing bra

The selection of nursing bras is quite particular, because a suitable nursing bra can reduce a lot of worries for new mothers, especially when they need to go out to breastfeed. It can prevent new mothers from being exposed by breastfeeding in front of others. Secondly, it is comfortable to wear.

1. It is best to choose nursing bras made of cotton

Nursing bras should be comfortable to wear and convenient for breastfeeding. The softness, water absorption and breathability of the bras are very important. Cotton bras are suitable for all these conditions. In addition, the comfortable fabric will not irritate the baby's skin and cause allergies.

2. Is it better to have a nursing bra with or without an underwire? Personally, I think it is better to have a nursing bra without an underwire.

There are two types of nursing bras: steel-backed and steel-free. Which one is better has always been controversial. However, based on my personal experience, I think steel-backed bras are better.

Because the underwire bra can easily squeeze the skin under the breast, and too tight bras can compress the milk ducts around the breasts, causing blockage, which will result in poor milk secretion and affect the amount of breast milk. In addition, wearing such tight bras for a long time can easily cause mastitis, breast pain and other problems.

A nursing bra without steel is more comfortable to wear, but it cannot support the breasts well, and the possibility of breast sagging is greater. However, after weighing the pros and cons, it is still best to wear a bra without steel during breastfeeding.

3. There are many styles of nursing bras, it is best to choose the one that suits you best

Nursing bras include full-open, open-hole, and front-clasp bras.

The performance and usage are the same. The only difference is the exposure.

For example, the cup of a fully open nursing bra is completely exposed when breastfeeding, which means that the entire breast is exposed. If the new mother happens to be outside, it will be inconvenient to breastfeed.

Open-hole nursing bras are more conservative in design because only the nipples are exposed during breastfeeding, which is just enough for the baby to feed.

Front-button nursing bras are relatively convenient because they can be unbuttoned with one hand, making it easy to breastfeed at home. The downside is that they are not as good as the above two, but if you wear them at home, they can relax the entire breast.