When does milk appear after childbirth?
After giving birth, a woman begins to have dischargecolostrum. Its quantity can be small – 5-6 drops, maximum – 70-100 ml. Sometimes colostrum appears only on the second or third day after birth. After about 6 days of lactation, the female body begins to produce mature milk.
When milk appears, you need to feed your baby asmore often Photo: Getty These figures are approximate. In primiparas, the formation of lactation can take more time, and in the case of moles, this process is faster. A sharp increase in the amount of breast milk is called a tide. Filling of the breast occurs in the period from 3 to 9 days after delivery.
What to do to have milk
The main thing is not to panic if there is no milk yet. A calm frame of mind and following the rules of latching on to the breast will do their job. Conditions for establishing lactation:
At the first failures, you should not give it to the babya bottle with formula or a pacifier. Supplementary feeding and sucking on a pacifier can provoke a decrease in milk production and cause refusal to breastfeed. When milk appears, a woman may feel engorgement of the mammary glands, their soreness and an increase in temperature. But over time, this will pass. The body will produce exactly as much milk as the little person needs. If you feed the baby on demand and are constantly with him, lactation will improve within 3-5 days after birth. There are exceptions, in such cases you can ask for help from breastfeeding consultants. Remember that there is no better food for a child than mother's milk. Read also:
