When to start breastfeeding after cesarean section

Caesarean section is a common way for women to give birth. It is a surgical method to deliver the fetus from the body. After a caesarean section, the milk in a woman's body will not come as quickly as after a natural birth. You can adjust your diet to increase milk production. You can drink more fish soup, or soybean and pig's trotter soup, etc. You can also eat more nutritious foods to achieve the effect of increasing milk production.

When will milk come in after a caesarean section?

Although natural birth has more benefits for the baby, many pregnant women are not physically suitable for natural birth so they choose cesarean section. However, many pregnant women find that their milk does not come very quickly after cesarean section. So many people want to know when to start breastfeeding after cesarean section?

1. Cesarean section is the same as natural birth, and the time it takes to produce milk varies from person to person. Normally, milk will appear in about two days. The milk will be clear at the beginning, so eating more fish soup or other soups in daily life can improve the quality of milk.

2. If you want to increase breast milk, you must first increase the water in your body. Therefore, you can drink some brown sugar water in your daily life. Chicken soup and fish soup are essential foods in the daily life of postpartum women.

3. Adding appropriate nutrients will also improve the quality of breast milk. Therefore, in life, postpartum women should not only drink chicken soup and fish soup, but also eat some chicken, fish, eggs, etc. Intake of rich protein can improve the quality of breast milk.

4. Peanuts. Peanuts not only have the effect of replenishing blood, they can also increase the mother's milk supply. Therefore, it is necessary to eat some peanuts appropriately to make the mother's physical condition better and improve the quality of breast milk.

5. Black sesame. Black sesame contains a lot of nutrients. Eating more black sesame after giving birth will make breast milk thicker.

After cesarean section, you can eat more of the following foods to increase milk production

1. Wild Rice

Wild rice is not only delicious and nutritious, but also contains carbohydrates, protein, vitamins B1, B2, vitamin C and various minerals. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that茭白 is sweet and cold in nature, and has the effects of relieving heat and toxins, preventing thirst, promoting defecation and promoting lactation. Nowadays, water bamboo shoots and pig’s trotters are often cooked together and eaten, which has a good lactation effect.

2. Peanuts

Peanuts can be used to treat spleen deficiency, nausea, edema, leucorrhea in women, anemia, various bleeding diseases, dry cough, chronic cough, and postpartum lactation.

3. Lettuce

Lettuce comes in two types: leaf lettuce and stem lettuce, both of which are rich in various nutrients. Except for iron, the content of other nutrients is higher in leaves than in stems. Therefore, when eating lettuce, it is best not to discard the leaves.

4. Tofu

Tofu has the effects of invigorating qi and harmonizing the stomach, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is also a lactation food. Boiling tofu, brown sugar and fermented rice in water and drinking it can produce milk.

5. Loofah

Luffa is a traditional Chinese medicine with a sweet taste and cold nature. If there is breast inflammation, lumps during milk production, or poor milk secretion, Chinese medicine practitioners will recommend stewing the luffa in broth, which can regulate breast qi and blood, promote lactation, and stimulate the appetite and reduce phlegm.