What to do if your baby's breasts become swollen after weaning?

Lactating women are very strong. Not only do they have to breastfeed their babies patiently, but they also have to endure the pain of breast pain during weaning. If this phenomenon is not handled in time, it can easily cause mastitis, which is very detrimental to women's health. Therefore, women must master the method of relieving breast pain. So what should we do if the baby's breasts are swollen during weaning?

First, what should I do if my baby’s breasts become swollen after weaning? Breast swelling and pain are uncomfortable, and it is best not to use some drugs for pain relief, because breast swelling and pain is a normal phenomenon of weaning and a natural law of breastfeeding. If you use drugs to relieve pain, it will inevitably bring more or less side effects to the body and will not be conducive to breastfeeding the next baby. Therefore, when mothers face breast pain, they must have a strong mentality and the perseverance to endure the pain. When your breasts are sore, keeping yourself busy and distracting yourself is a good way to divert the pain.

Second, in addition to maintaining a good attitude, we can also take some measures to reduce breast pain. For example, you can apply a hot towel to your breasts while taking a bath and gently massage them in a clockwise direction with your hands to prevent milk from caking and increasing the pain.

Third, breast pain is caused by the inability to suck out milk in time. Some mothers may use a breast pump to suck out some of the milk. In fact, this practice is wrong. It is even more detrimental to weaning. Milk will still be continuously secreted, which will prolong the weaning time and naturally prolong the breast pain time.

What should we do if our baby’s breasts become swollen after weaning? In order to make the breasts secrete less milk, we can eat some milk-reducing foods to help relieve breast swelling and pain. Foods that can help weaning include sweet potatoes, leeks, celery, bitter gourd, etc. The effects of foods that can help weaning vary from person to person. I feel that eating leeks can help weaning quickly. So mothers can try them all and try to eat vegetables that can reduce milk production during the weaning period. But don’t think that spicy and frozen foods can help to reduce milk secretion and eat them randomly. These spicy and frozen foods are very bad for the postpartum mother’s physical recovery, so you still need to be careful with your diet.