Natural mother's milk is the best food for the child and cannot be dispensed with or replaced. Hence the importance of the process of expressing and storing milk to ensure the provision of natural milk for our children that has the necessary nutrients and strengthens the child's immunity and is characterized by easy digestion.
Believing in the importance of mother's milk, Simler has provided a wonderful variety of milk pumping devices to facilitate the milk pumping process and another set of milk preservation and storage tools .
Below we discuss some important information and tips about the milk pumping process.
The importance of expressing milk from the breast
The milk pumping process is very important and has many benefits, but we always recommend breastfeeding in the first birth period (two weeks) and then start using milk pumping devices
- When there are medical problems that prevent breastfeeding, there is no need to use milk pumping devices
- For a working mother, there is no need to express milk to ensure that it is provided to her child
- Increasing the amount of breast milk. In some cases, a sufficient amount of milk is not produced during lactation, so we covert expressing and storing the milk
- If the mother has mastitis
How can milk be increased by pumping?
The main goal of expressing breast milk is to provide the largest amount of milk for the baby, in addition to completely emptying the breast of milk so that it can send signals to the body to produce more. The following methods help to increase the amount of milk during pumping:
- It is recommended to express milk from both breasts at the same time, which increases the secretion of hormones that enhance milk production. It also helps in providing a larger amount of milk in a shorter time.
- It is recommended to express the milk in several repeated sessions during the day instead of expressing it in longer sessions and fewer times. Note that the normal time for a milk pumping session is between 10 to 15 minutes
- Leaving a long period without pumping should be avoided, and pumping in a regular and steady pattern contributes to the production of larger quantities of milk
The amount of milk to be expressed
The process of expressing milk is healthy and beneficial for the mother and helps stimulate the body to produce more milk, but the quantity depends largely on the age of the child. At the same time, we can store and preserve breast milk for long periods of up to 6 months under specific conditions. We have devoted a separate article to it on how to store breast milk.
How do I know that my child is hungry?
- Issuing sounds or crying
- Sucking a fist or finger
- Putting hands in the mouth
- Move the arms and legs
- The provisions of the two fist dishes
- The infant's attempt to follow the hand when touching his cheek or mouth
Signs of satiety shown by the infant
- Slow feeding
- Separation from the breast
- Relax your hands, arms and legs
Simler Company wishes you a safe and healthy maternity journey. You can view breast pumping devices and browse our store from here