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Lactation is a natural process in which milk (food) is secreted by the mammary glands. It appears in female mammals right after giving birth and lasts long enough to be able to provide sufficient feeding of the young. Feeding a baby with breast milk is considered to be the healthiest and most appropriate way to feed young babies. Such milk consists mostly of water, vitamins, carbohydrates, proteins and fats. It provides the child with the necessary nutrients and plays a large role in its proper development and health.
Some women choose not to feed their baby their milk and stopping lactation for all sorts of reasons. Such motivations may include a desire for a quick reason to work, increasing independence from the child, reluctance to feed in public, or psychological barriers. This is often criticized by other people who do not understand it. Remember, however, that the decision about stopping lactation it is a conscious choice of a given woman. It also happens that mothers simply cannot feed their babies due to medical emergencies contraindications for breastfeeding. These include:
- HIV infection,
- infection with human leukemia viruses HTLV-1 and HTLV-2,
- drug and alcohol addiction,
- taking certain medications (e.g. when treating cancer or with antibiotics harmful to the baby),
- radiotherapy and chemotherapy,
- tuberculosis in the mycobacterial phase,
- severe mental illnesses,
- breast abscess (applies to the breast on which an abscess has appeared),
- the occurrence of active herpes on the nipple or its areola,
- impaired feeding epilepsy and narcolepsy.
Contraindications to the intake of mother’s food may also occur from the child’s side. These include:
- lack of proper sucking and swallowing reflex (relative contraindication),
- galactosemia, a genetic disease characterized by the inability to convert galactose into glucose,
- maple syrup disease, i.e. a genetic disease of amino acid metabolism,
- lactosuria, which is a type of glucosuria manifested by the presence of lactose in the urine,
- congenital lactose intolerance,
- cleft lip and palate (relative contraindication).
How To Stop Overexploitation And Stop Lactation Completely?
If you are wondering how stop lactationthen you need to know that you can do both by applying methods naturalAnd pharmacological. One of the natural ways to be effective stop lactation is simply weaning the toddler. The spontaneous and gradual loss of food occurs when we stop feeding the baby. The breast is not completely draining and stimulated to lactation.
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Likereduce lactation? Always feed your baby when the breast is full of milk. This is necessary, as failure to do so may lead to food stagnation (and in some cases to more serious complications, such as inflammation of the breast). Express excess milk, but never completely. Avoid abrupt weaning and reduce the frequency of breastfeeding. You can help by applying cold gel compresses or chilled crushed cabbage to the breasts (about 20 minutes). Wear a properly fitted bra.
If a woman decides not to feed her baby naturally, then lactation it should be braked relatively quickly. On reduction and stop of lactation drinking infusions of sage and mint is also affected. It is also important to avoid stimulating your breasts while taking a shower (preferably with your back to it or cover your nipples with a small towel) or having sex. Try to exclude the responsible foods from your diet stimulation of lactation: oatmeal, barley malt, linseed, brewer’s yeast, fennel infusion. In the past, it was also used to wrap the breasts with a wide bandage for several dozen hours, but now this method is considered obsolete and harmful. In stopping lactation An appropriate mental attitude also plays a significant role. You have to reckon with the fact that stopping lactation by using natural methods takes much longer than that inhibition of lactation with the help of drugs.
Pharmacological methods on stopping lactation include taking prescription medications. Contraceptive pills containing progestin and estrogen are used inhibiting lactation. Some doctors discharge moms bromergon containing bromocriptine or carbegoline, which are drugs for stopping lactation. Recently, the use of this drug is slowly starting to depart due to the guidelines of the European Medicines Agency, which indicate that bromergon should not be used routinely for the purpose stop lactationand in women right after childbirth. Serious side effects were common in patients taking the drug. If you finally decide to stopping lactation, then consult a doctor who will provide you with all the information you need.