What medicine should I take for breast engorgement after weaning?

For many mothers, breastfeeding is a very novel experience. There are always various problems to be faced at the beginning. Stopping breastfeeding and weaning will also cause many uncomfortable symptoms, such as milk engorgement. So how should milk engorgement during weaning be dealt with? What medicine should I take? Next, let’s take a closer look. I hope this will be helpful to my friends. Mothers who are currently weaning their babies can read it carefully.

Weaning medicine is not recommended

When preparing for weaning, 1. Make sure your baby accepts milk powder and complementary foods.

2. To make sure you can wean, the mother must make sure her mammary ducts are unobstructed. It is best to find a lactation consultant to help clear and empty them before weaning. This will reduce the incidence of milk lumps when the milk is swollen and avoid mastitis.

3. You can drink malt tea and green tea. Eating more leeks, coriander, peppers, tofu, etc. can help reduce milk production. Try not to hold your baby when your breasts are swollen to avoid squeezing the breasts.

4. When your breasts are very swollen, you can squeeze out a little to make yourself more comfortable and give the milk ducts a rest so that they will not expand too much and damage the breasts.

5. You can drain the remaining milk about one month after weaning. This will keep the mammary ducts unobstructed and allow better absorption of fat, which will aid breast recovery and effectively prevent breast diseases. If the milk is not discharged, it will deteriorate and block the mammary ducts, making it easy for diseases to occur.

Finally, I wish you and your baby health and happiness

Women with breast engorgement during the weaning period should drink less soup, eat a regular and light diet, and eat less spicy and greasy food. If the breast engorgement is severe, you can take large doses of vitamin B6, drink malt water, eat hawthorn, and apply Glauber's salt externally. If the breast engorgement is accompanied by severe pain, you can take painkillers. At the same time, it should be noted that during the entire weaning period, if the breast engorgement is severe, you should use appropriate techniques to squeeze out the milk, but do not empty it completely at once, as long as it can relieve the pain. If the above methods cannot eliminate the discomfort of breast engorgement, and it is accompanied by fever or obvious redness, swelling and pain in the breasts, you need to go to the breast department for professional treatment.