After breast surgery, women start facing many problems in breastfeeding their children. For example, surgery can damage the nerves in your nipples, making them more sensitive and painful.
Making an incision around or across the areola can cut the milk ducts and nerves. Due to which it becomes difficult to express milk. Here are some tips to help you breast feed after breast surgery.
The more often your baby nurses, the more milk your body will produce. If you have had breast-conserving surgery, you can often produce enough milk to feed your baby from the unaffected breast.
A lactation consultant can help you position your baby to breastfeed and teach you techniques to increase milk production.
The risk of mastitis increases after breast surgery. Due to which the risk of swelling and infection in women’s breasts increases. In such a situation, the mother faces many problems while breastfeeding.
A woman experiencing pain while breastfeeding can cause many problems. Due to this the mother may face many problems.
Published at : 05 Nov 2024 07:37 PM (IST)