Exclusive breastfeeding is a good way to feed, but breastfeeding is always prone to the following problems:
Breast swelling
When the breast is full of milk, there is a feeling of tenderness and tenderness can cause breast swelling. When the breast swelling occurs, it will increase to about three times the normal size, which can be extremely uncomfortable, but it also indicates that you will soon be able to milk smoothly. If the milk is not drained in time, the swelling can persist for a long time and cause other problems.
Mastitis
Mastitis is a common disease in nursing mothers. In most cases, mastitis can be prevented with early attention to clearing blocked milk ducts. Mastitis occurs quickly and prevention is the most important.
Indentation of nipple
If the mother's nipple is depressed, it can not breastfeed, the baby can not suck milk, it will affect the growth and development; For the mother, the milk discharge is not smooth, it will lead to milk duct obstruction, milk stasis, prone to acute mastitis, mammary abscess.
Chapped nipple
Nipple chapping is a superficial ulcer of the nipple during lactation. It usually occurs in the first week of lactation and is more common in primipara than in menpara. After the nipple is cracked, when the baby sucks, it will feel the nipple tingling, severe bleeding, pus flow, and yellow scab.
Papillary eczema
Due to the negligence of the mother, she wet her clothes when she leaked milk, and failed to keep the breast fresh in time, and gradually eczema occurred at the nipple. Papillary eczema is not easy to cure, can occur repeatedly, long-term can not be cured, there will be the possibility of malignant change.
The left and right breasts are different sizes
Breast size is not the same is a normal phenomenon, especially during lactation, many mothers have a large breast, a small breast situation. This is mostly caused by the mother's improper breastfeeding methods.