What is leaking milk?

Maternal love is great. Its greatness lies in the ten months of pregnancy and the one day of childbirth, in the care day and night after childbirth, and in breastfeeding. Every drop of breast milk is the mother's silent love for her child. Sucking mother's milk is the happiest moment for infants and young children. Most mothers are willing to provide breast milk for their children. However, there are various problems in parenting, such as milk leakage. Milk leakage is a very embarrassing thing. Some mothers even give up breastfeeding because of it. So what is milk leakage?

After giving birth, milk continues to flow out, commonly known as "milk leakage". Medically speaking, milk leakage refers to the phenomenon that the breasts cannot store milk. Milk leakage is related to the lactation reflex, conditioned reflex, breast structure, etc. during breastfeeding. Some mothers may also suffer from milk leakage due to weak Qi and blood after childbirth.

1. Wearing a suitable bra to lift the breasts and keep the nipples above horizontal level can help alleviate the pain. What to do if milk leakage occurs? There is currently no effective way to avoid milk leakage. If milk leakage occurs, you can take the following measures to deal with it:

2. Try to avoid seeing situations that may cause conditioned reflexes, and you can also prepare a clean towel to wipe them.

3. If the milk leakage is serious, you should seek medical attention and receive timely treatment.

Why does milk leakage occur?

1. Irregular milk secretion

From the beginning of breastfeeding to 6 weeks, the mother's milk and the baby's needs are still in the adjustment period and no regular pattern has been formed. When it comes to feeding time, milk leakage is very likely to occur.

2. Lactation reflex

When the let-down reflex occurs for some reason, such as seeing another mother breastfeeding, other babies crying around you, or you are breastfeeding with your other breast, it can induce milk leakage.

3. Caused by breast structure

From the perspective of breast structure, the nipple is located low, which can also cause milk leakage;

4. Excessive milk secretion

Some mothers secrete more milk than their babies need, and if they don't pump milk in time, their breasts will overflow easily.

5. Mother’s Qi and blood deficiency

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mothers may "not be able to hold back milk and leak it out." This is because giving birth consumes a lot of physical energy and causes a lot of blood loss. Afterwards, insufficient diet and rest can cause Qi and blood deficiency, which leads to milk leakage.