Breast Feeding Information For The Inexperienced Mother

Breast feeding is becoming known more popularly as the healthy choice for woman and their infants

, the question is why. Breast milk for one thing is easier for the baby's stomach to digest opposed to formula. Breast milk contains nutrients, cells and hormones that newborns need. Baby formula cannot match the chemical make up of breast milk.

Baby formula cannot exactly match the chemical makeup of human breast milk, it does not contain the hormones and antibodies that infants may need. Breast milk changes over time to give the baby what it needs. During pregnancy and right after birth the breast milk is usually thick and yellow, this type of breast milk is called colostrum, it contains all the nutrients that newborns need. Around about day three or day five it thins out and begins to look white and contains all the things your baby needs at that time including sugars and fats.

One main part of knowing how to breast feed is to know how the breast makes milk. The breast is essentially a gland comprised of many parts. Cells called aveoli make milk in response to the hormone prolactin. The hormone oxytocin causes the muscles around the aveoli cells to move the milk through small tubes called milk ducts that are located in the nipple itself and the areola around the nipple.

Latching can sometimes be an issue for new mothers. If the latch is painful then it is best for the woman to break the latch by placing a clean finger in the corner of the babies mouth and then help the baby relatch by pointing the nipple toward the back of the babies mouth as well as placing the base of the nipple as far from the bottom lip as possible. After feeding the nipple should not be flattened or compressed in any way, the nipple should either be the same as before feeding or long and rounded.

After breast feeding the nipple should not be compressed or flat, the nipple should the same as it did before feeding or long and rounded. Keep in mind that babies are born with the knowledge of how to latch.

Breast feeding shouldn't hurt it should be a comfortable experience that brings a woman her child closer to one another. It is best to breast feed as soon after the baby is born as possible. If the woman gives a natural birth then it is best for the woman to breast feed immediately after and delay any procedures that don't need to take place immediately, this will help the infant to know who its mother is.

It is also useful to keep the infant in the same room at night so that the mother can see the first signs it being hungry. Babies show hunger by acting more alert and active they may put their fists to their mouth or make sucking motions, crying is a late sign of hunger. Let your baby decide when to stop nursing, if the baby still seems hungry after the first breast, offer the other.

by: Andy Guides Jr

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