Is it helpful to use a breast pump when milk supply is low?

After giving birth, women need to breastfeed their children. Every woman has different physical conditions. Some women have more milk, while some women have less milk. Every mother does not want to have less milk. Many mothers try various methods to make their milk more abundant after giving birth. Some people use diet to make their milk sufficient, while some people want to use a breast pump to make more milk. So is it useful to use a breast pump when there is less milk?

Is it helpful to use a breast pump when milk supply is low?

Of course it is useful. The principle of using a breast pump to promote milk secretion is very simple. When using a breast pump, it can stimulate the body to secrete more hormones, which is also conducive to milk secretion. If the mother has less milk, she can use a breast pump frequently. Over time, your milk supply will become more and more sufficient.

When you first start using a breast pump, it may be painful. It is normal to feel pain. If you feel the pain is too severe, you can slow down the speed of the breast pump slightly. In addition, in order to better relieve the pain, it is best to apply warm compress to the breasts before using a breast pump to extract milk. Then use both hands to massage to avoid blockage of the milk ducts.

After using the breast pump, the mother must remember to completely drain the milk in the breasts so that more milk can be secreted. If you don't empty the breast milk in your breasts, your milk supply will decrease.

What should pregnant women eat to increase milk production?

Peanuts: Peanuts can be used to treat spleen deficiency, nausea, edema, leucorrhea in women, anemia, various bleeding diseases, dry cough, chronic dry cough, and postpartum lactation.

Luffa: Luffa is a traditional Chinese medicine with a sweet taste and cold nature. If you have breast inflammation, lumps during milk production, or poor milk secretion, Chinese medicine practitioners will recommend stewing the luffa in broth, which can regulate breast qi and blood, promote lactation, and stimulate the appetite and reduce phlegm.

Wild rice: Not only is it delicious and nutritious, it also contains carbohydrates, protein, vitamins B1, B2, vitamin C and various minerals. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that茭白 is sweet and cold in nature, and has the effects of relieving heat and toxins, preventing thirst, promoting defecation and promoting lactation. Nowadays, water bamboo shoots and pig’s trotters are often cooked together and eaten, which has a good lactation effect.

Peas: Peas, also known as green beans, are sweet and flat in nature and are very rich in phosphorus, containing about 400 mg per 100 grams. Peas are beneficial for urination, producing body fluids, relieving sores, stopping diarrhea, and promoting lactation. Cooking green peas and eating them lightly, or mashing the pea sprouts and squeezing out the juice to drink, can both help promote lactation.

Tofu: Tofu has the effects of invigorating qi and harmonizing the stomach, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, and clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is also a lactation food. Boiling tofu, brown sugar and fermented rice in water and drinking it can produce milk.

Soup: It is said that plenty of soup is beneficial for milk production. You can choose different lactation-inducing soups according to the mother's taste, such as pig's feet stewed with peanuts, crucian carp soup, hen soup stewed with yam, clear-boiled black chicken soup, rice wine egg drop soup, etc. But mothers should be careful not to drink malted milk or other beverages containing malt, as it will cause milk to dry up.

Black sesame: Black sesame contains a variety of essential amino acids for the human body. With the participation of vitamin E and vitamin B1, it can accelerate the body's metabolic function. The iron and vitamin E in black sesame are important ingredients for preventing anemia, activating brain cells, and eliminating blood vessel cholesterol. When the mother is in good health, she will naturally be able to produce milk.

Lettuce: Lettuce is divided into leaf lettuce and stem lettuce, both of which are rich in various nutrients. Except for iron, the content of other nutrients is higher in leaves than in stems. Therefore, when eating lettuce, it is best not to discard the leaves.