How long to breastfeed on one breast

Breast milk is the most important food for babies and a key source of material for their growth and development. The quality of breast milk is what mothers pay most attention to. Many mothers are accustomed to feeding their babies with one breast. However, long-term use of one breast for feeding can easily cause breast disease problems and cause great harm to the health of the mother. Let's take a look at how long it is good to feed from one breast?

How long should I breastfeed on one side?

1. Start breastfeeding from the side with less milk each time. This will stimulate the breast and help increase milk production.

2. After each feeding, you need to use a breast pump to suck out the milk from the side with less milk again. The side with more milk does not need to be sucked too clean.

3. Increase the number of breastfeedings in the breast with less milk, and at the same time do not ignore the breast with more milk to avoid milk accumulation leading to mastitis.

4. When the baby is about to fall asleep, try to feed with the breast that the baby doesn’t like, and slowly change the baby’s feeding habits.

The reason why breast milk is more on one side and less on the other

1. Baby's sucking. If the baby often sucks more milk from one breast and less milk from the other breast, the milk secretion of the breast that eats less will decrease or even stop, and finally one side will have more milk and less milk from the other.

2. If one side of the mammary duct is blocked, it will secrete less milk. On the contrary, the side with an unobstructed mammary duct will secrete more milk.

3. If one side of the nipple is abnormal, such as one side is inverted, turned inward, or too small, it will affect normal breastfeeding. The original milk will be held back, and over time, one side will have more milk and less milk.

4. Bad feeding habits, such as failure to start breastfeeding in time after giving birth or failure to empty the breasts in time after each feeding, or too few feedings, will all lead to reduced milk secretion, resulting in more milk on one side and less on the other.

To sum up, how long the baby feeds on one side of the breast depends on the baby's situation. We can feed our baby according to general standards. Mothers should give their babies more warm water, light food, and not feed them too much. This will make the baby unable to sleep and prone to crying. Mothers should also pay more attention to rest.