Each nursing mom needs to know how it is correct to be decanted and in what situations it is necessary to avoid possible complications and diseases of a breast.
Why it is necessary to be decanted
Most of experts claims that decantation needs to be carried out only if necessary. Such necessity can be caused:
- the period of formation of a lactation when milk is developed much more, than the kid can eat; - overpopulation of a breast, for example, during night sleep (if not to decant milk, there can be an inflammation);
- temporary transfer of the child on mix, for example, during passing by mom of any treatment after which she plans to return to breastfeeding again (ate milk not to decant, the lactation during this period can die away at all); - with the child's birth premature when he cannot independently suck a breast yet, and mom will need to stimulate a lactation for further feeding of the child. It is important to remember that once again without need you should not be decanted since it can cause excessive development of milk. It is known that it is possible to be decanted also by hands, and by means of a milk pump - each of options is in own way good.
As it is correct to be decanted by a milk pump
Milk pumps are manual and electric. Manual more time and forces as for decantation you will need to use certain efforts will demand from you. Electric milk pumps are much more expensive, but with their help it is possible to be decanted very quickly, without using the efforts. Before using a milk pump, it needs to be sterilized according to the enclosed instruction. After decantation the device and all its details need also to be washed out carefully. It is important to remember that the procedure of decantation should not bring you pain. If it occurs, it is necessary to choose the milk pump position, most convenient for decantation. Also it is contraindicated to those women who have cracks on nipples. So, carefully wash up hands, reach a comfortable position, put to a breast a milk pump funnel so that the nipple appeared in it directly on the center. The funnel has to adjoin to a breast hermetically. If you have a manual milk pump, begin to press gradually the piston if electric – press the button with the image of the mode of decantation. Decantation needs to be continued until the breast does not become to the touch soft and the feeling of discomfort will not disappear.
As it is correct to be decanted by hands
Manual decantation is much more difficult, than decantation by a milk pump, however has a number of indisputable advantages. First, manual decantation much more delicate, after it the probability of emergence of microcracks on nipples is very small. Secondly, hands it is possible to promassirovat gradually and accurately a breast, preventing formation of lumps and inflammations. Well and thirdly, this way does not demand from you monetary expenses. Before decantation surely wash up hands; make small massage for stimulation of a breast and nipples; then bend forward, holding a breast with one hand; a thumb of the second hand arrange from above over a nipple areola, and index and average fingers – from below. You should not dispose hands too close to a nipple in order to avoid painful feelings. At first pull a nipple, kind of moving apart fingers in different directions then squeeze its big and a forefinger. At first there will be first drops, and then a milk stream. Repeat movements, gradually moving fingers around that it was possible to decant milk from all sites of a breast. It is possible to decant milk in sterile containers or jars for their further convenient storage in the fridge. Also you remember, decantation – the important process helping not only to stimulate a lactation, but also to prevent development of such diseases as mastitis and laktostaz. Specialists in breastfeeding recommend to master both manual decantation, and decantation by means of a milk pump that it was always possible to help itself with any situation.