What should I do if my breasts become swollen and painful during weaning?

Mothers with sufficient breast milk can help their babies grow faster because breast milk is a nutritious food and is the main food for babies within 8 months. However, breast milk quality will seriously decline after 8 months of pregnancy. Not only that, the amount of milk secreted will also be greatly reduced. At this time, you can consider weaning. But what should some women do if their breasts swell and hurt when weaning? Let’s take a look at the explanation below.

Breast engorgement during weaning is caused by excessive milk secretion and inability to completely suck out the milk, which leads to milk accumulation in the mammary ducts, causing the breasts to become swollen and painful. It is normal to experience breast tenderness during weaning, but mothers must pay attention to preventing mastitis caused by improper weaning.

Mothers usually experience breast pain during the period of weaning their babies, and the breast pain usually lasts about a week. However, the pain will gradually ease on the 2nd to 3rd day during the period of milk weaning and bloating. However, mothers also need to pay attention to the fact that the diet plan for babies during weaning must not include too greasy food.

It is also recommended that mothers adopt a gradual weaning process during the weaning period, and not wean their babies all at once. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the baby to adapt to the sudden and direct changes, and you will also be in pain during this process. It is especially important to note that when you find the right time to wean your baby and start weaning your baby, you must slowly start to adjust your diet. Don't eat too much or drink too much nutritious soup like you did during breastfeeding. Also, if mothers’ breasts are too swollen during weaning, they can choose to squeeze out some of the milk, but don’t squeeze if your breasts are not hard and swollen. If you continue this for a day or two, your milk supply will be significantly less. And the subsequent weaning period can also be easily transitioned.

Common milk-reducing ingredients in daily life

Malted milk, maltose, barley tea, raw oatmeal, ham, square meat, barley tea, maltose, leek, pepper, aniseed, MSG, beans, ginseng, and hawthorn berry all have a certain effect in reducing milk production, but the best effect among these ingredients is hawthorn berry and maltose.