Can I squeeze out the milk if I have breastfeeding pain?

Every pregnant woman's physical condition is different after giving birth, and naturally her milk supply is also different. Some pregnant women will have less milk, which is not enough for the baby to drink, but some pregnant women will have more milk. When there is more milk, the baby cannot finish it and needs to stop breastfeeding. Because if you don't stop the milk from coming out, it's easy for the milk to overflow from the breasts. But if the breasts are swollen and painful during the weaning process, can you squeeze out the milk?

Natural weaning is the most common method. It is achieved by gradually reducing the number of breastfeedings, increasing the intervals between breastfeedings, shortening the duration of a single breastfeeding, and slowly reducing the baby's sucking stimulation of the breasts, so that the amount of milk secretion gradually decreases naturally. During this process, you should pay attention to reducing the intake of foods that can cause milk secretion as much as possible, so that the milk secretion gradually decreases until it is completely stopped. Let’s talk about whether to express or not to relieve milk weaning.

1. If you feel bloating and pain, or feel a lump in your chest when you are weaning, you can squeeze or suck out the milk. When squeezing or sucking milk, it is best to use professional milk suction tools. If there is too much milk at this time and it is not squeezed out in time, it is very likely to cause bacterial infection due to blocked milk ducts, and even cause mastitis. It is best to suck out the milk before going to bed every night so that your breasts will not be swollen and uncomfortable when you sleep at night. It is not recommended to express milk by hand when weaning. If you don't control the strength of your hands well, it is easy to hurt your breasts, and it is not easy to squeeze it clean by hand. It is best to choose to use a professional breast pump to suck it out, or wait until it flows out naturally.

2. During the weaning period, since the number of breastfeeding times needs to be gradually reduced until breastfeeding is finally stopped, it is easy for breast congestion to occur in the breast, which can easily lead to lumps in the breast. At this time, hot compresses can be used to relieve the symptoms. Be sure to pay attention to mastitis, because the probability of mastitis in women during breastfeeding is very high. If you find lumps in your breasts, you can go to the hospital and ask the doctor to prescribe some medicine. Of course, you still need to go to the hospital for a specific examination to find out what the cause is.

The above is an introduction to whether to express or not when weaning. Finally, I would like to remind everyone that it is not recommended to express milk by hand when weaning. You must use a regular breast pump to suck out the milk. If the milk is not expressed during the weaning period, a large amount of milk will accumulate, which can easily lead to breast pain and discomfort, and easily induce mastitis.