With the advent of the era of having a second child, many mothers are still nursing and are pregnant with two treasures. There are both joy and worry.
When looking at Dabao, who is still nursing in his arms, one cannot help thinking: Can this milk be fed? Is the milk normal? Will it affect the two treasures in the belly?
Today, Dr. Clove will come to dispel doubts and make this problem clear at one time.
Can I still nurse?
The lactation period hits the pregnancy period, and in most cases you can continue to breastfeed happily. Whether you continue to breastfeed during pregnancy or after giving birth to two treasures, it is OK to feed Dabao and two treasures at the same time.
However, in the early and middle stages of pregnancy, due to pregnancy reactions such as vomiting, lethargy and physical exhaustion, coupled with the hormonal effects of pregnancy, some mothers will have a drop in milk volume, which cannot meet Dabao’s needs.
For babies who are young or have just added supplementary foods, if the breast milk is not enough, they can add some formula milk to supplement it according to the baby’s defecation, urination and growth, at least not Dabao.
If the baby is over 1 year old, continuing breast milk is more for the maintenance of parent-child relationship. If breast milk is insufficient, other dairy products can be used to supplement it.
In addition, mothers do not have to worry about not enough milk to feed the two babies at the same time after Erbao is born. Milk production is determined by emptying, and as much milk is discharged, as much milk will be produced.
Will Dabao not eat my milk?
After pregnancy, some babies may refuse to eat milk because of the change of milk taste. If the mother still wants to continue nursing, she can try to communicate with Dabao and let Dabao accept breast milk again.
If Dabao still refuses breast milk, there is no need to force the child. He can first ensure the normal development of the body through diet or other dairy products.
When Erbao is born, Dabao may accept breast milk again.
When the baby grows up gradually, one day he will no longer eat his mother’s milk, and weaning is a very personal matter. As long as you negotiate with the baby, when to leave the milk is not a problem.
Will breast-feeding make the nutrition of the two treasures in the belly unable to keep up?
Some mothers may worry that pregnancy and lactation nutrition will not keep up with it and will affect the growth of the fetus.
However, this idea is only taken for granted. At present, there is no what evidence to prove that lactation during pregnancy will cause fetal nutrition deficiency.
In fact, as long as the mother has a balanced diet and adequate nutrition, both Dabao, who eats breast milk, and Xiao Bao, who is in her belly, will thrive.
Mothers who insist on breast-feeding during pregnancy do not have to worry about whether the milk after giving birth will be colostrum. The human body is magical. When Erbao was born, milk will be automatically converted into colostrum.
How to relieve the discomfort of lactation during pregnancy?
During pregnancy, about three quarters of the people’s nipples become sensitive or painful, which may be very uncomfortable when feeding Dabao.
Mothers can try different nursing postures and adjust breathing to relieve the discomfort caused by baby sucking.
If the baby has reached the age of language communication, you can communicate with Dabao. When eating milk, you can be gentle and the time to eat at a time can be shortened. And you can try to use high-quality company to replace the intimacy brought to the baby by eating milk, so that Dabao does not always think about eating milk.
Can breast-feeding cause uterine contraction and abortion?
Mothers with this kind of worry probably think that oxytocin will be released during lactation, and oxytocin will promote uterine contraction, thinking that lactation will cause uterine contraction and lead to abortion.
Mothers are completely worried. There are many factors that cause oxytocin release. For example, when we are very happy, we will also release oxytocin. Will mothers worry about abortion due to happiness?
Moreover, our bodies are very intelligent, and oxytocin can only be well recognized hours before birth. Before that, oxytocin alone is difficult to start delivery.
In fact, mothers do not have to worry about uterine contraction, because uterine contraction is a normal phenomenon in the process of pregnancy, and uterine contraction will also occur in the process of sexual life, but as long as it is a healthy pregnant woman, she can also have sexual life during pregnancy.
However, if a mother has a history of abortion or early experience of fetal protection, or a pregnant mother with a particularly strong feeling of uterine contraction, she can consult an obstetrician and gynecologist before deciding whether to continue breast-feeding.
During lactation, some mothers may choose to continue breast-feeding, some mothers choose to wean, and some choose to re-feed after giving birth.
However, no matter what the choice is, we respect the mother’s choice and believe that the mother can give the baby the best care.