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 release. It occurs under the influence of hormones almost immediately after childbirth and ends when a woman stops breastfeeding her baby. 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, is involved in the preparation of the breast for the formation of milk. When a baby is born, it is excreted from both mother and baby.
Prolactin plays a major role in initiating and maintaining lactation. Its contentincreases when a woman is expecting a baby, and continues to be synthesized during feeding. This substance is called the hormone of motherhood. It is responsible for milk production.
Education, excretion, and 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 spontaneously stand out - this is how this substance works.
Mostly women endure a six-month lactation period. What does it give the child? This period is enough for him to adapt to the outside world and develop his own immunity. Some women breastfeed for up to two years, and in rare cases longer. The amount of milk produced per day can range from half to one and a half liters. The greatest release was recorded during the period when the baby is one to two weeks old, then a period of stabilization begins, when the mother gives the newborn exactly as much as he needs. If a woman is forced to go without breastfeeding for some time, she needs to express her milk, otherwise, after a couple of weeks, her milk supply will suddenly stop.
What do you need for lactation? During pregnancy, the expectant mother needs to form clear ideas about the indisputable advantage of breastfeeding the baby and develop her psychological attitude for long-term natural feeding. From the second trimesterdo a contrast shower for the mammary glands and rub the nipples with a hard material. This will avoid stretch marks and cracks.
Without observing a certain set of rules for the behavior of mothers, lactation is impossible. What are these laws?
- Be calm, because newborns feel your mood very strongly.
- Relax, physical condition has a strong influence on the amount of milk.
- Drink herbal tea for lactation.
- More walk.
The main thing - remember, if you suddenly notice seals that remain even after pumping, an increase in breast temperature or other suspicious symptoms, immediately contact your gynecologist. Perhaps you are doing something wrong. Otherwise, it may lead to premature cessation of lactation, which clearly will not benefit your baby.
