Lactation - what is this process? Many people ask this question. Let's try to answer it. This is a spontaneous process of milk formation and its periodic allocation. It occurs under the influence of hormones almost immediately after childbirth and ends when a woman stops breastfeeding. What does it depend on?
For a sufficient amount of milk in the mother's body, hormones must be produced: oxytocin, prolactin and placental lactogen. If their content is below the required minimum, then the baby will have to be transferred to artificial nutrition. All three substances are synthesized during pregnancy and are responsible for various functions. The right combination of these hormones is lactation. What is placental lactogen? It is released in the last trimester of pregnancy in very large quantities, it is involved in preparing the breast for milk formation. When a baby is born, it is excreted from the organisms of both the mother and the baby.
Prolactin plays a major role in the onset of lactation, as well as its maintenance. Its content increases when a woman is expecting a baby, and continues to be synthesized during feeding. This substance is called the hormone of motherhood. He is responsible for the production of milk.
Education, excretion, as well as transportation through special channels of the most delicious and nutritious food for the baby is lactation. What is this
hormone - oxytocin? He is the first assistant in the movement of milk. Surely every mother noticed that when the baby cries, milk begins to stand out spontaneously - this is how this substance works.
Mostly women withstand a six-month period of lactation. What does this give the child? This period is enough for it to adapt in the surrounding world and develop its own immunity. Some women feed up to two years, and in rare cases, longer. The amount of milk produced per day can be from half to one and a half liters. The greatest discharge was recorded during the period when the baby is one to two weeks old, then the stabilization period begins, when the mother gives the newborn exactly as much as he needs. If a woman is forced to not feed her baby for some time, she needs to express milk, otherwise its secretion will suddenly stop after a couple of weeks.
What is needed for lactation? During pregnancy, the expectant mother needs to form clear ideas about the indisputable advantage of the baby’s breastfeeding and the development of her psychological attitude for long-term natural feeding. From the second trimester, make a contrast shower for the mammary glands and rub the nipples with hard material. This will avoid stretch marks and cracks.
Without observing a specific set of rules of mother's behavior, lactation is impossible. What kind of laws are these?
- Be calm, because newborns very much feel your mood.
- Rest, physical condition has a strong effect on the amount of milk.
- Drink herbal tea for lactation.
- Walk more.
The main thing is to remember, if you suddenly notice seals that remain even after expressing, an increase in breast temperature or other suspicious symptoms, contact your gynecologist immediately. Perhaps you are doing something wrong. Otherwise, this can lead to early termination of lactation, which obviously will not benefit your baby.
