When feeding a baby on demand, lactation stabilizes fairly quickly, and milk comes in depending on the needs of the baby. And then pumping is simply not required.
Hyperlactation
How to manually express breast milk? Some mothers still try to strain milk after feeding, even if the baby eats on demand. Most often, they quickly give up this exhausting task and start generating surpluses. Hyperlactation appears: the mammary glands begin to produce a product for twins or for a very voracious baby.
How often should I express breastmilk
Most often, more milk arrives than required, and its excess should be "removed". During the arrival of milk, it is impossible to express everything without a trace, because substances that signal the formation of excess milk appear in the breast only a day later. If you express all the milk earlier than in a day, then the same amount is formed. If milk is coming actively, then the mother should breastfeedbaby as many times as he asks. You can express excess only when the baby does not want to suck, and the mother has painful sensations in the chest.
How to express breast milk correctly? In this case, you can drain a little, so that a feeling of relief appears. After childbirth in the first twenty days, you should act similarly. After the birth of a baby, most women organize breastfeeding already in the first month, lactation stabilizes naturally, periodic bursts of milk disappear, and the breast becomes soft.
Separate stay
How to express breast milk correctly? Basically, mothers have breast problems in the first days after the birth of the baby, when the baby is brought according to the regimen, and he does not always want to suckle. In such cases, mothers need to give the baby both breasts during feeding in order to better stimulate lactation. When kept separately, the baby is supplemented from the nipple, so he may not grasp the breast correctly, and the mammary glands are poorly emptied. How to express breast milk after the baby is born? In the first days before the arrival of milk, each feeding can be considered a pumping. But if the baby did not suck during feeding or sucked sluggishly, the mother must definitely drain both breasts. If after the birth of the baby after 3-4 days milk does not come, you will need to add two additional pumps.
Breast engorgement
In such cases, self-managed mother-baby mode does not work, therefore, reception restriction is necessaryliquids per day up to 3-4 glasses. At the same time, you need to express both breasts twice a day. If after a day the condition does not improve, then once a day, both breasts should be drained completely.
Feeding difficulties
After being separated at home, a baby who is accustomed to the regimen may have difficulty attaching to the breast. How to properly express breast milk? Mom will have to learn how to properly attach, control and teach the baby to suck well. In such situations, it is better to switch the baby to feeding on demand. Stop pumping gradually by reducing the number and volume of pumped milk.
