Attachment at the breast:the sooner, the better

The value of breastfeeding

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Every mother knows that the earlier a child will try breast milk, the better. We decided to investigate why this is so important and how to actually go through the process of applying the newborn to the breast.






Attachment at the breast, early initiation of breast

Let's start from the beginning: a child is born, he issued the first cry, the doctor cuts his umbilical cord and put it on the chest of the mother closer to the nipple. Then the midwife or pediatrician helps the baby to capture the nipple, sometimes just putting in his little mouth and squeezes the chest a few drops of colostrum.



Why do we need it?

As the child is born sterile, it is important that his gastro-intestinal tract is colonized correct microflora. First, he "collects" it by passing through the birth canal of a mother, and then gets together with colostrum. As a result, in his intestine gets the parent, not the hospital flora.


On the other hand, in the colostrum contains antibodies that protect your baby from environmental influences, until he can't stand her myself.




That baby didn't freeze, leave it at my mother's breast no more than 1-2 minutes ( sometimes even covered with a diaper, so he was not cold ). Then the baby is transferred to a changing table, process ( wash away grease, amniotic fluid ) and put on.




And when the young mother will be able to feed him again? No earlier than two hours after childbirth: during this time the woman is separated placenta, it examined by a doctor, also a young mother needs time to recover.




Do I need to keep the intervals between feedings? Most experts advise young mothers to take breaks at 1, 5-2 hours. As the volume of milk small ( about 5 ml per day ), the newborn can easily sucks him for 5-6 feedings. If he demands and gets chest constantly, this can lead to cracks in the nipple. As a result, when the 3rd or 4th day will come milk, the mother simply will not be able to feed the baby!




There are situations when the child is not breast-fed? Attachment do not only occur, if for health reasons, he is unable to breathe or suck. Fortunately, this is rare.






Attachment at the breast for caesarean




And if a young mother underwent a caesarean section? Surprisingly, the surgery is not a contraindication to the attachment at the breast: even if the woman did endotracheally anesthesia, and she sleeps! While midwives are busy with their work, the pediatrician just brings the baby to the breast and helps him to take the nipple.




If the young mother did

epidural anesthesia and after the baby is born she is conscious, she must show the newborn and make it to the chest.


So doctors could monitor the situation and time to decide if the baby is still children weighed twice a day. If weight loss is normal, physiological ( in the early days the child can lose up to 10% by weight at birth ), small not to finish feeding. If colostrum no, the baby cannot suck and weight decreases, give him a customized mix.

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