When it comes to the best gift for your baby, breast milk comes first. Adhering to breast-feeding is of great benefit to both mothers and children.
Believe these words, many mothers have never heard less:
You are now eating for two by yourself, so eat more.
Eat more to produce more milk.
In order to become a [big cow], many mothers eat desperately every day, and crucian carp soup and pig trotter soup are all poured into their stomachs.
Without thinking, not only did the milk not increase, but the weight increased.
For nursing mothers, is it true that they eat more and produce more milk? How can milk be produced?
Do you produce more milk if you eat more?
It must be admitted that nursing mothers need to supplement more energy and nutrients due to lactation and postpartum recovery.
< < Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2016) > > > It is suggested that nursing mothers need to supplement 25 g of high-quality protein every day in addition to the original balanced diet.
25 g protein is about 250 mL milk, 1 egg and half palm-sized fish (60 g).
If it is a special case, such as the mother suffers from hyperthyroidism, or the twin mother has to breast-feed both babies, she also needs to supplement some more nutrition, and consult a doctor or nutritionist on how much to supplement.
It should be noted that the additional nutrition mentioned here does not mean that the more you eat, the better. In fact, there is no direct connection between the total amount of food eaten and the amount of milk produced. Balanced nutrition is the basis for ensuring milk production.
If you want to produce more milk, do these four things.
Since eating too much cannot produce milk, how can we produce milk?
1. Open milk as soon as possible and suck frequently.
The baby’s sucking can stimulate the mother’s nipples and promote milk production.
Within 30 minutes to 3-4 days after the baby is born, his sucking is very important for the mother to produce milk. The earlier and more sucking, the more conducive it will be to breast milk secretion.
When sucking, attention should be paid to let the baby contain most of the nipple and areola, which can effectively stimulate the sensory nerves on the nipple, promote prolactin secretion and make more and more breast milk.
Step 2 Stay in a good mood
If you are too nervous, you will inhibit the secretion of prolactin in your body and affect milk production.
During breast-feeding, everyone should try their best to keep a happy mood, and the family should also give more positive support to the mother and help to bring her baby, so that the mother should not work hard and worry.
Step 3 Prevent excessive fatigue
It is suggested that everyone should sleep more than 8 hours a day to avoid excessive fatigue.
However, it is not recommended to lie in bed all the time and get up properly for activities. The combination of movement and movement is the healthiest.
4. Replenish more water and pay attention to nutrition collocation.
87% of breast milk is water. It is very necessary for mothers to drink more water during lactation, which is about 1000 mL more than usual.
If you think plain boiled water is too light, you can choose milk, light soybean milk and light red bean soup, which can supplement water and is not greasy.
It should be noted that pig trotter soup, bone soup and other [milk soup] are mostly fat and cholesterol, and other nutrients are very, very few.
In order to balance nutrition, meat, eggs, milk, vegetables and fruits should also be eaten as soon as possible, with meat and vegetables.
For mothers, the most important thing in milk production is to ensure a healthy physical and mental state, a balanced diet, drink more water, and increase the frequency of pro-feeding.
However, as long as you eat enough food every day, eating more will not help you produce milk.