When you hold your baby for the first time in the delivery room, you should put his lips to your breast.
Although your mature milk hasn’t developed yet, your breasts are still producing a substance known as colostrum that helps to protect your baby from infections.
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Within the first two to three days after you have given birth, you may discover that your breasts feel swollen, tender, throbbing, lumpy, and overly full.
Sometimes, the swelling will extend all the way to your armpit, and you may run a low fever as well.
These conditions are expected after childbirth.
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Because more and more women are choosing to breast feed their babies, more and more are also finding that they enjoy it enough to continue longer than the first few months they planned on.
Breast feeding to 3 - 4 years of age is common in much of the world recently, and is still common in many societies for toddlers to be breast fed.
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Babies that are breast fed are very portable and easy to comfort.
Many women however, worry about breast feeding in public.
The worry of nursing in a public place is normally worse than the actual experience.
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A lot of mothers complain about tender nipples that make breast feeding painful and frustrating.
There is good news though, as most mothers don’t suffer that long.
The nipples will toughen up quickly and render breast feeding virtually painless.
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For some people, the process of breast feeding seems to come natural, although there’s a level of skill required for successful feeding and a correct technique to use.
Incorrect positioning is one of the biggest reasons for unsuccessful feeding and it can even injure the nipple or breast quite easily.
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Jaundice is a result of buildup in the blood of the bilirubin, a yellow pigment that comes from the breakdown of older red blood cells.
It’s normal for the red blood cells to break down, although the bilirubin formed doesn’t normally cause jaundice because the liver will metabolize it and then get rid of it in the gut.
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There are two objectives that are involved in breast feeding an adopted baby.
The first is getting your baby to breast feed, and the other is producing enough breast milk.
Mothers are happy to feed without expecting to produce milk in the way the baby needs.
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Wondering about Breast Compression?
The sole purpose of breast compression is to continue the flow of milk to the baby once the baby no longer drinks on his own.
Compression will also stimulate a let down reflex and often causes a natural let down reflex to occur.
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Once you’ve given birth, breast feeding is the single most important thing you can do to protect your baby and help to promote good health. Best of all, breast feeding is free.
Along with saving you money on HMR (Human Milk Replacement), breast feeding can also help you to keep your medical bills down.
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