| A few days after childbirth women may some | | | | reduce uterus back to its normal size, known as |
| time experience pain when breastfeeding the | | | | involution. |
| baby. Women are experiencing what we call | | | | 4. Consult the doctor, he may suggest heat |
| engorgement. Engorgement is also an | | | | compress to avoid much pain in the breast. |
| inflammation of the breast, which means the | | | | Taking medicines to ease the pain is also helpful. |
| woman often feels a lump in one part of the | | | | Antibiotics are prescribed to relieve the pain, but |
| breast, and the skin in the area is red and warm. | | | | after two weeks of intake and no results, the |
| Why does this happen? And what is the cause of | | | | doctor should suggest medical check up and |
| it? This condition happens when the breast | | | | surgery. |
| produces too much milk, the breast of a nursing | | | | Despite the pain felt by the mothers, they still |
| mother becomes heavy and sore. | | | | continue breastfeeding because they know the |
| How to overcome it? | | | | benefits of breast milk and of course they want |
| 1. A mother can remove the excess milk by hand | | | | their baby to be healthy. |
| massage or by a breast pump. Frequent nursing | | | | Milk from mother is the better food for the |
| can empty or lower the presence of milk in the | | | | newborn. Breast milk contains the specific |
| breast. After nursing and the baby does not | | | | nutrients in just the right amounts required for |
| empty your breast during feedings you can used | | | | the growing baby from immediately after the |
| a breast pump so that your milk will be empty | | | | birth, until the baby is old enough to off the table. |
| and it would be full if your baby is on his next | | | | The nutrient content of milk is not constant, but |
| feeding. | | | | continually changes to meet the growth needs of |
| 2. Mother should eat and drink enough. Sleep and | | | | the infant, as the infants growth rate declines, the |
| napping is also advisable. | | | | concentration of protein in mother's milk |
| 3. A nursing mother should wear a supportive | | | | decreases. |
| maternity bra. Bras support the breast and make | | | | If the problem persists, the woman develops a |
| women feel comfortable. To other women | | | | breast abscess or a type of breast cancer called |
| instead of feeling pain in her breast, they complain | | | | inflammatory breast cancer. It is the condition of |
| of abdominal pain which is due to the contractions | | | | of breast infection that cannot be detect in |
| of the uterus. These pains come on when the | | | | mammography during the examinations of your |
| baby starts to suckle. Suckling can thus help to | | | | physician. |