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What Causes Difficulty In Lactation?
im a 27 yr old female mother of 2.the younger one 3 months.in my early pregnancy i had issues with my lactation like clogged duct...i used lactare granules and other same sort of medicines for improving my lactation ...but i faced a very bad situations like lack of milk and pain due to clogged ductmore over my breast size got increased very much.....this time i didnt go for any granules ...i ate 20 lactare cap after delivery (10 days)and stopped .now im feeling my body i snot producing enough milk after evening ,so thinking od eating lactare again..will it increase my breast size????...and some people says that lactare reduce boduy weight is it true????
Tue, 27 Oct 2015
Hallo Dear,
The main reason for lactation failure is faulty technique.
While breastfeeding, you should not give only nipple to the baby to suck. Baby's lips should rest around the areola and nipple with areole should enter baby's mouth. Thus the baby roles the tongue under the nipple with pressure on areole.
This way baby gets milk without getting fatigued. By sucking the nipples only, the milk flow is only by baby's suction and the baby gets fatigued. this leads to incomplete emptying of the breasts. Emptier the breasts, more the milk is formed.
After baby is fed on one side, should be held vertically on mothers shoulders to burp so that the trapped air gets expelled and the baby drinks more milk.
Your history suggests that you do not have problem in producing the milk. It seems the faulty technique of suckling is causing the problem.
After feeding the baby, if any milk is left behind, it should be squeezed out to empty the breasts. The expressed milk may be preserved or you may drink it.
Arrowroot powder helps more milk secretion, does not disfigure the breasts after breastfeeding and even takes care of falling hair also.
I hope this helps you in brestfeedin your baby
The main reason for lactation failure is faulty technique.
While breastfeeding, you should not give only nipple to the baby to suck. Baby's lips should rest around the areola and nipple with areole should enter baby's mouth. Thus the baby roles the tongue under the nipple with pressure on areole.
This way baby gets milk without getting fatigued. By sucking the nipples only, the milk flow is only by baby's suction and the baby gets fatigued. this leads to incomplete emptying of the breasts. Emptier the breasts, more the milk is formed.
After baby is fed on one side, should be held vertically on mothers shoulders to burp so that the trapped air gets expelled and the baby drinks more milk.
Your history suggests that you do not have problem in producing the milk. It seems the faulty technique of suckling is causing the problem.
After feeding the baby, if any milk is left behind, it should be squeezed out to empty the breasts. The expressed milk may be preserved or you may drink it.
Arrowroot powder helps more milk secretion, does not disfigure the breasts after breastfeeding and even takes care of falling hair also.
I hope this helps you in brestfeedin your baby
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