What to do if your breast milk swells when you are avoiding milk

During the weaning period, because the breast space is limited, but milk is continuously secreted, if there is no baby to absorb, the breasts will become more and more swollen, and pregnant women will experience breast pain. Breast edema will not only affect mothers' food, clothing, housing and life, but if not properly handled, it may also cause mastitis. Therefore, if pregnant mothers have severe breast edema, they should try their best to improve the symptoms of breast edema.

1. Expressing breast milk

If the size of the breast is very high, you can squeeze it a little. But you must never squeeze out the short position, you must have control. The traditional practice is that even if the breasts are swollen, you cannot squeeze them, because the mother will say that the milk will go back as the breasts swell. But in fact, allowing the breasts to increase milk without limit is very risky. Once the milk ducts are blocked, mastitis is very likely to occur. Therefore, in order to prevent mastitis caused by weaning, it is still necessary to express breast milk slowly to prevent breast engorgement.

2. Heat and ice

If the swelling of the breasts is really uncomfortable, you can apply a hot towel to it. The heat can make the milk mass blocked in the mammary glands smoother and improve the breast circulation. When applying heat, be careful to avoid the nipples and nipple area, as the skin there is more tender. The temperature of the hot compress should not be too high to avoid scalding the skin. If new mothers have severe breast engorgement and pain, they can use ice to relieve the pain. But remember to squeeze the milk first and then apply ice.

3. Pay attention to your diet

After weaning, new mothers should drink less nourishing soup to help reduce milk secretion and stop milk production faster. In addition, you should drink less nourishing soups to increase the nutritional value, and avoid eating stewed black chicken, boiled meat, or nutritious medicinal foods. You can drink some barley malt tea every day for a week or two, which is very effective for weaning. In order to reduce the pain of breast engorgement after weaning, new mothers can take some medications to help reduce milk production. However, if the new mother does not have much breast milk before weaning her child, she does not need to take any medications and the breast milk will stop being secreted naturally.

4. After weaning, breastfeeding mothers should drink less nourishing soup.

This helps reduce milk secretion and weaning faster. If the milk is still abundant, you can use a breast binder to tighten the breasts, or if the breasts are not swollen well, you can use a manual breast pump to extract some of the milk, and then use a cloth to tighten the breasts. If you don't feel your breasts are too swollen, you don't need to squeeze your breast milk to avoid stimulating breast milk secretion. You can also use some medications to replenish milk under the guidance of a doctor.

5. Taking drugs to treat milk withdrawal

Different measures should be taken according to the specific situation. First of all, you should stop eating a lot of nourishing soups, reduce nutrition, avoid eating stewed black chicken, boiled meat, or nutrient-deficient medicinal food, and then use therapeutic drugs to block the secretion of milk.

The solution to milk engorgement after weaning is as introduced above. Once mothers encounter this situation, they can try to deal with it. Dealing with the problem of milk swelling after weaning is good for both the baby and the mother.