Causes of breast milk leakage

Although many mothers have breast leakage problems, there is no way to completely avoid the problem of breast leakage in modern society. When a mother's breasts leak breast milk, their breasts will be in a moist environment for a long time, which greatly affects the health of the breast skin. At the same time, the problem of breast milk leakage is also related to the physical health of the mother. The following are the reasons for breast milk leakage for mothers.

What is leaking milk?

Milk leakage is mostly a natural physiological reaction, and whether or not milk leaks has little to do with the amount of milk. Some mothers may also leak milk even if they have little milk. This is mainly related to the lactation reflex, conditioned reflex, breast structure, etc. formed during the breastfeeding process. However, some mothers are prone to milk leakage due to weak qi and blood after childbirth.

1. Lactation reflex. In the first few weeks before the breasts start to secrete milk, the mother's breasts have a lactation reflex due to frequent breastfeeding, and milk leakage may occur when the breasts are stimulated.

2. Conditioned reflex. Milk leakage during breastfeeding is also caused by a conditioned reflex when the mother sees other mothers breastfeeding, causing milk to leak from her own breasts. In addition, if there is too much milk accumulation in the breast, milk leakage may occur once the lactation reflex is triggered. For example, when there is a baby crying around or when you feed the baby with one breast, milk will also leak from the other breast.

3. Influence of breast structure. If some mothers' nipples are located low, milk leakage may occur easily. In addition, some mothers have more milk. If the milk is not sucked out in time, the breasts will be full and easily overflow and leak milk.

4. Weakness of Qi and blood after childbirth. Milk leakage may also be what Chinese medicine calls "inability to control milk and causing it to leak out." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that some mothers consume a lot of physical energy during childbirth and lose too much blood during childbirth. If they do not eat properly and do not get enough rest after childbirth, it is very easy to cause qi and blood deficiency, resulting in milk leakage.