Why is breast milk so scarce?

Why do you suck less and less breast milk?

1. Insufficient secretion of estrogen and prolactin.

Estrogen and prolactin are important factors to ensure breast milk secretion. If a mother sucks milk with a breast pump instead of sucking the baby's nipple, then the secretion of estrogen and prolactin will be less, and the secretion of breast milk will be less.

2. Mom is in a bad mood

The reduction of breast milk also has a great relationship with the mother's spirit. If the mother is mentally ill, it will affect the secretion of hormones in the body.

3. Mom is malnourished

During confinement, mother will supplement nutrition well and secrete more breast milk. However, some mothers no longer pay special attention to nutritional supplements after sitting for a month. The nutrition of lactating mothers can't keep up, and the amount of breast milk secretion is naturally less.

How to increase breast milk secretion

1. Let the baby suck more nipples.

When the baby sucks the mother's nipple, it will promote the growth of prolactin in the mother's body and increase the secretion of breast milk.

3. Maintain supplementary nutrition

All kinds of nutrients in breast milk come from the nutrients absorbed by the mother's diet. Therefore, after confinement, women should also ensure adequate nutritional intake and drink more breast milk soup.

2. Mom should keep a good mental state.

Mother must maintain a good mental state and mood during lactation, pay more attention to rest, and don't give yourself too much pressure and burden.