Remedies to The Problems of Breastfeeding
Lactation is a period in the life of a woman (which may take 6 months or more), which arises after giving birth and whose purpose is to feed your baby.
However, sometimes problems arise during lactation that involve changes in the skin of the breasts and nipples and lack of milk production among others.
Cracked nipples
They are small lesions or injuries that occur in the nipple generally due to poor positioning of the baby to suck or because he has spent too long in the chest.
Remedy to combat the sore nipples:
- Place on the nipples, two or three times daily latelilla found within the eggshell.
- Go around the nipple several times a day, a drop of milk left at the end of breastfeeding, since it contains lubricants and also an antibiotic substance that disinfects, soothes and heals these cracks.
- Boil for 5 minutes, two tablespoons of chamomile in one cup of water. Remove and cool. Soak a cotton ball with this infusion and pass gently over the affected area. Do not dry with a towel, but instead wait for it to dry naturally.
- Grate two or three fresh Comfrey roots and then apply the slurry obtained over the cracks and areas with pain. Remove with water and let air dry the area.
- Take a vitamin E capsule, puncture and squeeze a drop. Then rub the cracked nipple.
Recommendations
Correct positioning of the baby to nurse. It should cover mouth with a large portion of the areola and not just the nipple. To correct this, you can put your little finger in the corner of his mouth and pull gently to break out the “vacuum” that the baby has formed.
Ensure that the baby sucking chest pass only about twenty minutes which are usually sufficient to be satisfied.
Do not wash the area with antiseptic soaps or alcohol-based gel, much as they can dry the skin and worsen the condition of the nipples. Small bumps around the areola are glands that produce oil and containing an antiseptic. Hence, it is not necessary to use soap.
Let dry after nursing breast to the air for a few minutes to heal wounds.
Do not use maternity pads that retain moisture as those with plastic.
First, if the cracks affect only one breast, making the healthy breast for the child to suck the cracked with less avidity.
Mastitis
It is an inflammation of the breast caused by blocked milk ducts. This may occur because of the use of tight clothing or long periods without feeding. If not resolved, may evolve into a contagious mastitis by Staphylococcus aureus.
It is important, if you have this case go to the doctor to administer an antibiotic compatible with breastfeeding which must be taken for at least 10 days.
Symptoms of mastitis include:
- Boobs swollen, hot and painful
- Fever
- Malaise
Remedy for mastitis:
Boil for 10 minutes, a cup of milk and add three leaves of mullein. Remove the leaves and applied hot over the affected areas to facilitate the movement of milk.
Recommendations
Continue breastfeeding, ensuring that the baby is positioned correctly at the breast (breast-affected first give in order to decongest). Although there is an infection, it does not reach the baby, since milk is not infected. If breastfeeding is discontinued, there is a risk of occurrence of an abscess (a small bag of pus).
Do not use clothes that compress the breast especially bras. These are preferred to be of pure cotton, not nylon, and also the opening for feeding must be large enough. In this regard, we recommend a support for a larger number than that used for pregnancy.
Breastfeeding more often.
Use hot compresses to the breasts filled. If the baby does not drink all the milk produced chest and breasts are filling, apply hot compresses and then perform a massage with gentle pressure in the direction toward the nipple thereby open the ducts, the milk will flow easily and relieve mastitis.
Milk crisis
Often the mother does not produce enough milk for your baby. In this case, there are several home remedies that can help resolve this situation as follows:
Remedy for increasing the amount of milk:
- Add to a quart of water 3 tablespoons of wheat, oat 3 maize and 3. Boil all water until reduced by half. Drink 2 cups a day. It can be used in whole-grain cereal or flakes.
- Boil for 10 minutes, 1 teaspoon water per cup anise. Drink 3 cups daily decoction of anise.
- Bake in a liter of water a teaspoon of fennel and a malt. Drinking during the day, to sip, the resulting liquid.
Recommendations
Eating foods rich in vitamins B, C, D and iron such as general fruit (except citrus), grains, vegetables, green vegetables, milk and dairy products, legumes and nuts so that the milk production more effective and rich.
Avoid consumption of spices, meats, cheeses very cured, flatulent sugar and foods such as cauliflower or dried beans.
Removal of breast milk
When you have spent several months of breastfeeding and the mother wants the final withdrawal of breast milk, there are several home remedies that may be used:
Remedy for removing milk:
- Boil for 3 minutes, 1 tablespoon of hops, 1 nogaly mint 1 cup water. Strain and drink three times a day.
- Apply parsley poultice in the underarm during lanoche.