Otherwise, milk stasis is called lactostasis.
Unfortunately, many nursing mothers face this problem, especially for the first time.
If treatment is started on time, serious complications can be avoided.
Stagnation of milk in a nursing mother: reasons
There are many reasons for the development of lactostasis, but most often it occurs due to a long break during feeding. Milk is "without movement" and stagnates. This problem can occur if the mother feeds her baby in one pose, or sleeps on one side.
Incorrectly selected linen can squeeze the chest, milk can stagnate even with monotonous loads, for example, with prolonged cleaning of the room with a vacuum cleaner.
Other causes of milk stagnation are lack of sleep, overwork. You can not often give a baby a dummy, because after that it will be worse to take a breast.
When overeating, eating too fatty foods, the viscosity of milk will increase, and this in turn can lead to stagnation.
In some women, the breast may react to the weather, for example, if there is a sharp change in temperature and air pressure.
After feeding the baby, the remaining milk is recommended to decant.
Stagnation of milk in a nursing mother: medicines
Many mothers believe that non-expressed milk can simply burn out and disappear. Unfortunately, this is a mistake, and without expressing everything will only get worse. Stagnation will continue to bother the woman, and she will not be able to avoid the appearance of lactostasis.
With seals in the chest, the best assistant in the treatment of stagnation, for each mother, is their baby. To do this, you will have to decant the remaining milk, you can use a breast pump, after which the baby needs to be applied to the chest. Due to this, it is possible to avoid stagnation of milk in the chest. To completely get rid of lactostasis, 3-5 such procedures will suffice.
In order for the procedure to be truly effective, you need to take the pose that will help express milk. Many experts argue that if, while feeding the baby, the woman will often change her position, she will be able to avoid stagnation of milk.
It is necessary to begin expressing with that breast where there is a greater compaction. If the baby does not eat well, and applying does not give any result, then the following actions can be taken:
1. Take a warm shower, direct trickles of water on your chest.
2. Massage the chest, hands move from the stagnation to the nipples.
3. Express milk, then apply a compress with ice to your chest for 5-10 minutes.
Ointments and compresses
Treatment of stagnation of milk in the chest, involves the use of various ointments and compresses. They are used immediately after expressing milk. A compress from cabbage leaf and gruel from cottage cheese has good healing properties. Under their influence, the inflammation will be removed, and stagnation will not be so pronounced.
In no case can you use alcohol-based medications, since the inflammatory process can only intensify. Since milk stagnation causes severe pain, mothers can use drugs such as Arnica, Pimafukort, Biobodent. All of them have analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects.
What can not be done:
1. Stop feeding the baby. Stagnant milk will not harm the baby, but he, in turn, will help the chest to empty out.
2. Do not warm your breasts between feedings. Under the influence of heat, a rush of milk occurs, and with stagnation, pain will only intensify.
3. Do not restrict fluid. If the nursing mother does not drink enough water, dehydration will occur in the body, the body temperature will increase, the outflow of milk will worsen. That is why you must drink, but preferably a cool drink.
4. Do not smear the chest with alcohol or Vishnevsky ointment. These funds not only worsen the outflow of milk, but also penetrate into it. It is possible that the child will simply stop taking breasts. Vishnevsky ointment can lead to the appearance of an abscess, the stagnation cavity will be filled with pus, and surgical intervention is indispensable.
5. Do not tolerate and do not expect that everything will pass by itself. The sooner you begin to take any action, the better for you. If you are trying to solve the problem for one to two days, but there are no improvements, it would be advisable to visit a doctor for an examination.
Stagnation of milk by a nursing mother: folk remedies
In order to avoid serious complications during milk stagnation, it is important to take all necessary actions in a timely manner. Not only medicines are effective, but also folk remedies:
1. Take a small amount of onion magnifier, finely chop it, mix with honey. Then add rye flour, so much so that you can make flat cakes. To treat milk stagnation, you need to apply such cakes to the chest all night. Top can be tied with a scarf or film. After removing the compress, the milk is expressed.
2. A good anti-inflammatory folk remedy is chamomile. It helps not only in various ailments of an inflammatory nature, but also with stagnation of milk. Brew tea from the plant and drink it throughout the day.
3. Take two tablespoons of sage, pour it with 0.5 liter of boiling water, set to infuse for two hours. After this, strain and drink 4 times a day, 1/5 cup.
4. Grate fresh beets, mix with honey. The resulting product is laid out on the fabric, and then applied to the chest for several hours.
5. In equal proportions, take sunflower oil and honey (two to three tablespoons). Mix well and set on fire. Warm until the product burns the skin. Better use a microwave. Until the mixture has cooled, add one tablespoon of alcohol to it. Put everything on gauze, attach to a sore chest, tie a scarf on top. All manipulations should be performed immediately before bedtime.
With timely treatment, mothers can solve the problem in just a few days. It is impossible to prevent complications, since feeding a child with him will be simply impossible.
