What to do if breast milk decreases

Decreased breast milk production is a common phenomenon among breastfeeding women. If there is too little breast milk and the baby is still drinking breast milk, this situation will have a relatively large impact on the baby's development. Therefore, mothers must take certain measures to increase milk production and ensure that the baby has enough milk. So, how can we increase breast milk production? Let me introduce you to the relevant knowledge below!

1. How to increase breast milk

(1) Strengthen the baby's sucking. Experiments have shown that after the baby feeds, the prolactin in the mother's blood will increase exponentially. This is because when the baby sucks the nipple, it stimulates the mother's pituitary gland to secrete prolactin, thereby increasing milk secretion.

(2) Avoid taking medication. During the breastfeeding period, you must remind your wife not to take any medicine randomly. Some medicines and foods can affect the secretion of breast milk, such as antithyroid drugs, hawthorn, etc. If your wife is sick, it is best to take medicine under the doctor's orders.

(3) Supplement nutrition. All the nutrients in breast milk come from the mother's body. If the mother is in a state of malnutrition for a long time, it will naturally affect the normal milk secretion. You must fulfill your role as chef well and choose foods with high nutritional value for your wife, such as milk, eggs, vegetables, fruits, etc. At the same time, prepare more soup, which can catalyze the secretion of your wife's milk.

2. To promote lactation, you need to maintain a good mood

After giving birth, mothers will experience greater mood swings due to physiological and environmental factors, and often become depressed, which will restrict the secretion of breast milk. Medical experiments have shown that when a mother is depressed, her milk secretion will decrease sharply. Therefore, you have an obligation to create a good living environment for your wife and pay attention to her mental health at all times.

3. Dietary prescription for lactation

1. Lettuce Seed Porridge

Ingredients: 15 grams of lettuce seeds, 6 grams of licorice, and 100 grams of polished rice.

Preparation method: Crush the lettuce seeds, add licorice, and then add 200 ml of water and cook together. When there is 100 ml of water left, filter the juice and remove the residue. Put the filtered juice and polished rice into a pot, add water and cook until the rice is soft.

Efficacy: Lettuce seeds are the seeds of the lettuce plant of the Asteraceae family. The best ones are plump, dry and free of impurities. It is bitter and cold in nature, and can promote lactation and facilitate urination. Licorice is sweet and mild in nature, and can harmonize the stomach, relieve urgency, and coordinate various medicines. Japonica rice porridge is known as "the best thing in the world to nourish people." The combination of these three ingredients is a very good lactation-promoting medicinal diet.

2. Pangolin stewed with hen

Ingredients: 1 old hen, 60 grams of pangolin (processed), appropriate amounts of onion, ginger, garlic, five-spice powder, and fine salt.

Preparation: Remove the feathers and internal organs of the hen, smash the pangolin into small pieces and stuff them into the chicken's stomach. Put it into the pot, add water and seasonings, and stew until the meat is tender and boneless.

Pangolin is salty and cool in nature, and can regulate menstruation and promote lactation. Li Shizhen wrote in Compendium of Materia Medica that "after women eat pangolins and Panax notoginseng, their milk will flow continuously, which also means that the effect is rapid." Chicken is rich in nutrients, sweet, warm and mild in nature, and can replenish both qi and blood.