How does a lactation consultant induce lactation? These professional methods are very useful

Everyone must know the profession of lactation consultant, which is a very scarce industry nowadays. The purpose of lactation consultants is to help women who have given birth to increase milk secretion. Their main method is massage, and there are also meridian and acupoint therapy, etc.

1. Essential oil massage:

When a lactation consultant is inducing lactation, he or she will usually first lubricate the hands and breasts with essential oils, and then use the palms of both hands to gently push and stroke along the mammary ducts from all sides of the breasts toward the nipples, in order to clear the mammary ducts of the young mother and make the breasts soft. Finally, use your thumb and index finger to squeeze around the areola to achieve the effect of promoting lactation.

2. Meridian acupoint therapy:

Some lactation consultants claim to use the so-called meridian and acupoint therapy to dredge the milk ducts one by one, while effectively promoting the microcirculation of the local lymphatic system, and finally use professional techniques to clean out the proliferative fibrosis particles that previously remained in the breast.

3. Taking lactation-promoting foods:

In addition to massage to induce lactation, some lactation consultants also sell certain types of lactation-inducing foods to mothers, claiming that the raw materials of these foods are made from a variety of natural precious plants that are both medicinal and edible, which can regulate endocrine disorders, increase the secretion of pituitary prolactin, stimulate breast development, reduce the secretion of lactation inhibitory factor, lead to an increase in pituitary prolactin, activate breast cells, and make breast cells secrete milk, etc.

4. Let your baby suck the nipple first after delivery

Methods to stimulate milk production: It is recommended to let the baby suck the nipple as early as possible, which can stimulate milk secretion and the milk will come out faster.

Lactation consultant's comment: No method of lactation can compare to a newborn's sucking. The more frequent the sucking, the smoother the milk will come out.

5. Apply appropriate heat to the breast

Method to stimulate milk production: If you feel that the milk supply is not particularly smooth during breastfeeding, you can try applying a hot towel to your breasts.

Comment by the lactation consultant: Hot compress does not have much effect on milk secretion itself, it just promotes blood circulation and unclogs the mammary glands.