Modern pediatricians recommend to continue breastfeeding as long as possible. But many mothers face such problem: the breast after feeding hurts. The morbidity of nipples often begins already in maternity hospital. There are simple councils and rules, knowing which, the feeding mom with high probability will avoid this inconvenience.
Why the breast hurts
The breast when feeding because of the formed cracks hurts. Their depth can be absolutely different: from insignificant to deep wounds. But any damage of integrity of a nipple – extremely painful phenomenon. The main task of the feeding mom is in as fast as possible to establish the reason of emergence of cracks and not to start a situation.
The main reason for emergence of cracks on nipples – mistakes during feeding by a breast. The young mothers who gave birth already to the second child have experience of breastfeeding and therefore cope with this task better.
As it is correct to put the kid to a breast well tell at school for pregnant women. In maternity hospital it is possible to address the regular consultant for chest feeding. He will show everything and will help to apply the baby to a breast. If there is no such expert, then any children's nurse, the midwife or the pediatrician is capable to help. All these employees of maternity hospital perfectly know how the kid has to take a breast that there was no morbidity.
The breast hurts during feeding sometimes and for other reason. Colostrum which goes the first 3 days, very dense. To suck it, the newborn uses the considerable efforts. Gentle nipples, unaccustomed to continuous friction, can begin to hurt.
Prevention
In maternity hospital often write Bepanten or cedar oil in lists of necessary things. Ointment is safe for the kid at ingestion therefore it is possible to apply it on nipples safely. It will heal insignificant cracks and to moisturize the skin. It is not required to wash away Bepanten before feeding by a breast. Cedar oil also softens skin. It is convenient to apply it on inserts in a bra. So linen will not be soiled, and the nipple will constantly contact to oil.
Good way of prevention is hardening of nipples: recommend to leave to the feeding mom a breast opened for a couple of minutes after feeding. It is also useful to squeeze out couple of drops of milk and to distribute it up to a pacifier. After such manipulations of pacifiers of a breast becomes less vulnerable, respectively suffers from sucking by the kid less.
It is important not to start a problem. As soon as the breast begins to hurt during feeding, it is necessary to take measures at once: to heal cracks ointment, to check correctness of applying of the kid to a breast. If already too strong and to nurse damages becomes insufferably painfully, it is possible to buy special silicone slips. They will protect a nipple during chest feeding. But it is desirable to use them only until full healing of cracks on nipples. Because of them outflow of milk from certain shares of a breast can be broken that will result in its stagnation.